Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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G.O.A.T. College Women's Basketball PlayersCollege women's basketball is faster, tougher, and more fun than it has ever been before, exploding in popularity in recent years. Superstar players thrill fans with incredible moves and performances. They're smashing some of the most important and long-standing records in college basketball, and...
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Foxes for Everybody: Twenty-Four Hours of Early MotherhoodMeditations on time, motherhood, and the ordinary beauty of everyday life Like a newborn's patterns of sleeping and waking, the revelations of motherhood don't follow a reasonable schedule, and there's no clocking out. Organized around the hours of the day, Foxes for Everybody gives...
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Foote Was First!: How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate ChangeFrom award-winning author Jen Bryant and bestselling illustrator Amy June Bates comes the incredible true story of STEMinist Eunice Foote, the woman who discovered the science behind global warming.From a young age, Eunice Foote's natural curiosity led her to learn more about how the...
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Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and ChinaThe magnificent follow-up to Wild Swans, the multimillion copy, internationally bestselling sensation that traces the history of modern China through the true stories of three generations of courageous women in one family."AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN MY GRANDMOTHER became the concubine of a warlord...
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Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh ShermanNATIONAL BESTSELLER - William Tecumseh Sherman was more than just one of our greatest generals. Fierce Patriot is a bold, revisionist portrait of how this iconic and enigmatic figure exerted an outsize impact on the American landscape--and the American character. America's first "celebrity" general,...
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Fall to Pieces PBOn the surface Mary Weiland had a fairy tale life. She was a successful model married to a successful rock star--Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland--and a world traveler with a home and two beautiful children. But it wasn't until her...
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Fairest: A MemoirFinalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction "Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." --The New York Times Book Review "A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival." --Ocean Vuong, author of On...
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Extraordinary Women of Faith: 31 Trailblazers Who Loved God and Changed the WorldExtraordinary Women of Faith highlights over 30 remarkable female figures, whose unwavering faith and amazing courage have left a lasting mark on our world. Featuring artwork from bestselling illustrator Summer Macon, these short, accessible biographies will inspire readers to take action and let their...
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Essential Muir (Revised): A Selection of John Muir's Best (and Worst) WritingsA new edition of Muir's writings that places his environmentalist ideals alongside his damaging prejudices Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California's best-known icon. A literary naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, Muir left his legacy...
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Dolley and James Madison: An Unlikely Love Story that Saved AmericaPower couples aren't a modern phenomenon. The greatest American couple ever to have served America in a public capacity was the country's fourth president, James Madison, and his wife, who is considered to be our "first, First Lady," Dolley Madison.In his heartwarming, lively, and...
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David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God: David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and GodThe story of how David Bowie's search for meaning inspired him to write the music that defined a generation. In this wide-ranging biography, Peter Ormerod explores the quest for spirituality that powered David Bowie's creativity from his earliest recordings to his death-defying final album....
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Dating Disability: 15 Stories of Dealing with the Bs and Building ConfidenceOur internal gremlins have a way of shaping our realities, dictating our boundaries (or lack thereof), and silencing our authentic voices. But in Dating Disability: 15 Stories of Dealing with the BS and Building Confidence, Emily Goodson invites readers to explore her experiences with...
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Dancing with MyselfA Rolling Stone Top 10 Best Music Books of the Year "That's what I'm talking about...Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envy--made me want to be Billy Idol for five minutes....He's a genuine romantic, writing in...
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Coco Gauff vs. Serena Williams: Who Would Win?Coco Gauff is a rising tennis star, but does she have the skills to take on Serena Williams and her numerous titles and gold medals? Find out who serves up a win in this smackdown!Author: Yolanda RidgePublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 01/01/2025Pages: 32Binding Type: Library...
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Clothes to Make You Smile: Patrick Kelly Designs His DreamsClothes to Make You Smile is a picture book biography about Patrick Kelly, one of fashion's most influential Black designers, joyously told by fashion expert and educator Eric Darnell Pritchard and beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Shannon Wright. Patrick Kelly was one of the...
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Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen BoyhoodWinner of the National Jewish Book Award for Memoir"An unparalleled achievement, a work of shattering, almost unbearable radiance. I did not stop crying throughout. For Mills. For my young self. For all of us who have lived and continue to live in that pitiless...
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Champions for ChangeYoung Changemakers is an inspirational series all about real kids from around the globe doing extraordinary things to make a difference in their communities and the world!There are lots of ways to be a champion! Champions for Change is filled with encouraging stories of...
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Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege WeaponCatapult is the magical but true story of two men, a microscopic arts grant, and the siege weapon this volatile combination somehow produced. Bristling with idiosyncrasy, Jim and Harry are an odd couple whose story is the occasion for a sly meditation on the...
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Call Me American: A MemoirAbdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival...
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Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 127 HOURS One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told--Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired...
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