Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Lord Knows, At Least I Was There: Working with Stephen SondheimWhen the Atlanta-born Paul Ford first fell in love with the American musical theatre at the age of five, after seeing the movie version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, he never imagined that his future skills as a "piano thumper" would lead him...
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Little Libraries, Big HeroesFrom an award-winning author and illustrator, the inspiring story of how the Little Free Library organization brings communities together through books, from founder Todd Bol's first installation to the creation of more than 75,000 mini-libraries around the world. Todd and his friends love heroes....
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade AmericaIn a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation's history. The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was...
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Life's A Dance: Understand The StepsGREAT LEADERS MAKE BIG MOVES - ELLIS WAS WILLING TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING FOR EQUALITYIn Life's a Dance, Cliff Ellis - a four time Basketball Hall of Fame Coach and one of the winningest coaches in Division I history - opens up about his...
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Letter to My DaughterNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and categories: guidebook,...
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Lebron James vs. Michael Jordan: Basketball Legends Face OffLeBron James and Michael Jordan are basketball superstars! Between the two, James has more playoff appearances, but Jordan leads in NBA championships. So which one is the all-time best? Young readers can decide for themselves by comparing the fantastic feats and stunning stats of...
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KaputtCurzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini with a taste for danger and high living. Sent by an Italian paper during World War II to cover the fighting on the Eastern Front, Malaparte secretly wrote this terrifying report from the abyss, which became...
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Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir"One of the most brilliant thought leaders I have been able to share space with."--Jonathan van Ness, from the foreword"The must-read memoir of fall 2023."--Them"Powerful and vital."--Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Song of AchillesFrom a celebrated activist on the forefront...
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In the Pines: A Lynching, a Lie, a ReckoningWinner of the Mississippi Historical Society Book of the Year Award In this "courageous and compelling ... essential and critically important" book (Bryan Stevenson), an award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a Black man in...
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In the Garden Behind the Moon: A Memoir of Loss, Myth, and MagicAlexandra Chan thinks she has life figured out until, in the Year of the Ram, the death of her father--her last parent--brings her to her knees, an event seemingly foretold in Chinese mythology. A left-brained archaeologist and successful tiger daughter, Chan finds her logical...
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon"One of the most casually insightful rock bios ever."--Entertainment WeeklyTold in the words of his musical accomplices, fellow-travelers, friends, and lovers, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is an intimate and unusual biography of fabled singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, the musical force behind such dark, witty...
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Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician and MartyrIn the late fourth and early fifth centuries of our era, Hypatia of Alexandria was the world's greatest living mathematician and astronomer. A strikingly beautiful woman and a devoted celibate, she lived in a city as turbulent and troubled as Baghdad or Beirut is...
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Humans of JudaismDiscover Humans of Judaism, a heartwarming collection of beautiful portraits and moving stories filled with joy, bravery, survival, community, perseverance, and unyielding hope--curated by the editor and founder of the popular social media brand @humansofjudaism. Nikki Schreiber created Humans of Judaism as an online...
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Hercules Mulligan: Confidential Correspondent of General George Washington - A Son of Liberty in the American War of IndependenceHercules Mulligan was a master spy who answered to George Washington, being instrumental to saving the revolutionary leader from capture during the War of Independence.The young Mulligan grew up at a time when agitation over Britain's taxation of the American colonies was rising; born...
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Heavenly Fire: The life and ministry of William Grimshaw of HaworthNestled in the rugged hills of West Yorkshire, Haworth was a bleak, working-class village in eighteenth-century England. As the Evangelical Revival was spreading throughout England and America, William Grimshaw was preaching the gospel and leading many in this northern town and its vicinity to...
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Harvesting History: While Farming the FlatsA poetic tribute to both the land and the bonds formed through shared values of preservation and creativity.Blending the themes of family, farming, and filmmaking, Harvesting History follows Muriel Murch's journey from Los Angeles to West Marin, where she and her husband, filmmaker Walter...
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Harriet TubmanPart of the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad conductor who "never lost a single passenger." Little Harriet was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. Though life was hard, Harriet persisted....
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Guns N' Roses at 40Celebrate four exhilarating and rebellious decades of Guns N' Roses with this lushly illustrated journey through the band's biggest moments. Formed on Los Angeles' famed Sunset Strip in 1985, Guns N' Roses worked their way up from the club scene in less than three...
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Great EscapesDiscover the most daring escapes of all time!From slaves fleeing captivity to wartime heroes and heroines being smuggled across occupied Europe, from dangerous criminals tricking their way out of jail to ordinary people who got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.Over...
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Go HigherA Simon Element book. Simon Element has a great book for every reader. Author: Big SeanPublisher: S&s/Simon ElementPublished: 01/21/2025Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72dISBN: 9781668076385About the AuthorBig Sean: - Sean Anderson, a.k.a. Big Sean, is a multi-platinum artist, entrepreneur, and...
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