Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Story of Ruby Bridges: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Ruby Bridges--a story about bravery and breaking down barriers for kids ages 6 to 9Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to attend an all-white public school in the southern United States. Before she helped desegregate schools and change the...
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The Story of Frida Kahlo: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Frida Kahlo--a story about strength, creativity, and never giving up for kids ages 6 to 9Frida Kahlo is one of the most famous and celebrated artists who has ever lived. Before she made history with her beautiful paintings and brave...
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz--an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis "One of...
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The Sovereignty and Goodness of GodConsidered the first American "bestseller", "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God" follows Mary Rowlandson's three month holding by the American Algonquian Indians. The first by an Anglo-American woman, Mrs. Rowlandson's narrative remains a classic tale of captivity, which has captivated readers since its initial...
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The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr ZelenskyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky's transformation from a clean-cut funnyman into a war hero out of central casting." --New York Times Book Review; Editors' Choice Selection"The Showman surpasses all similar efforts to...
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The Seven Storey Mountain: Fiftieth-Anniversary EditionOne of the most famous books ever written about a man's search for faith and peace. The Seven Storey Mountain tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant and passionate young man, who at the age of twenty-six, takes vows in one of the...
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The Secret in the Sauce: Kitchen Wisdom and Life Lessons from an Irish Cookery School, with RecipesAbout Secret in the SauceA mid-life cooking adventure turns into an unexpected spiritual journeyAt forty-eight, history professor Kelly McMichael decides to pursue a dream she's harbored for two decades: attending the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School in rural Ireland. Leaving behind her comfortable academic life...
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The Rose Among Thorns"The Rose Among Thorns" is based on the life experiences of Valerie Faulkner-Beal. She was 12 years old when her dad murdered a man in her family's home. That man was the biological father of Guns n Roses front man, Axl Rose. Prior to...
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The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine"Nuila's storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande." --Los Angeles Times This "compelling mixture of health care policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine" (The Guardian) explores the question: where does an uninsured person go when turned away by hospitals,...
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The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac NewtonAuthor: Joyce McPhersonPublisher: Greenleaf PressPublished: 07/01/1997Pages: 148Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781882514502Audience: 08 - 12
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The Negro Bible - The Slave Bible: Select Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India IslandsThis is an Introduction, History, and Photocopy of the Slave Bible. - There was an uneasy tension as the slave owners sought to maintain control and keep the slaves working calmly and the abolitionists began to question the moral cost of slavery. The abolitionist...
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black GirlThe "brilliantly wry" (Lena Dunham) and "lovably awkward" (Mindy Kaling) New York Times bestseller from the creator of HBO's Insecure. In this "delightfully deadpan" (Essence) bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes humorously on what it's like to be unabashedly...
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The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens: A Memoir of the Beales, the Maysles Brothers, and Jacqueline KennedyThe Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry Torre's touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films. The book, co-written with film historian...
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The Making Point: How to succeed when you're at your breaking pointCedric was an Army Ranger when he stepped on an IED in a bomb-rigged village in Afghanistan. Becoming a double amputee could have been his breaking point. Instead, he turned it into his Making Point, and is now a world-class motivational speaker and endurance...
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy...
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The Liars' Club: A Memoir#4 on The New York Times' list of The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years The New York Times bestselling, hilarious tale of a hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a generation "Wickedly funny and always movingly illuminating,...
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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the UniverseA spectacular musical and scientific journey from the Bronx to the cosmic horizon that reveals the astonishing links between jazz, science, Einstein, and Coltrane More than fifty years ago, John Coltrane drew the twelve musical notes in a circle and connected them by straight...
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The Hidden Life of Otto FrankIn this definitive new biography, Carol Ann Lee provides the answer to one of the most heartbreaking questions of modern times: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis? Probing this startling act of treachery, Lee brings to light never before documented...
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The Hate Next Door: Why White Supremacists Are All Around Us--And How to Spot Them"This book is riveting yet shocking even for a girl who grew up in a racial minded cult. The amount of hate is alarming, enlightening, and a must-read for anyone wanting to make a difference against injustice." --Rachel Jeffs, author of Breaking Free, activist,...
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The Girl Who Tested the Waters: Ellen Swallow, Environmental ScientistDiscover the eye-opening story of the first woman student at MIT--a pioneering environmental chemist sure to inspire the next generation of female trailblazers in science. Ellen Swallow found a friend in nature and a lifelong love of science as a child exploring the woods...
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