Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Simone Biles: 5-Minute Genius StoriesGet inspired by Olympic medalist Simone Biles's story in this winning, easy to read children's book. Fresh off of her summer of historic Olympic records, meet Simone Biles: the girl who loved gymnastics so much that she changed the sport for the better. Simone...
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Signal Fires: New EditionFrom a childhood in England to significant world events such as the Chernobyl explosion, Signal Fires traverses a physical and emotional terrain marked by strong moments of connection. Though the poems fly in many different directions, a clear thread runs throughout-the intricate balance between...
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Shh! We're Writing the ConstitutionGo behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention, thanks to award-winning author Jean Fritz's words! This factual gem that's written with Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz's humorous touch chronicles the hot summer of 1787 where fifty-five delegates from thirteen states huddled together in the...
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Sell It Like Serhant: How to Sell More, Earn More, and Become the Ultimate Sales MachineThis national bestseller is a lively and practical guide on how to sell anything and achieve long-term success in business. Ryan Serhant was a shy, jobless hand model when he entered the real estate business in 2008 at a time the country was on...
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Prince: A Little Golden Book BiographyDearly beloved, we are gathered here today to introduce young readers to the life and legacy of the one and only Prince in this beautifully illustrated and collectible Little Golden Book! Prince was born with an extraordinary gift. It was the gift of music,...
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Pirate of the AdriaticIn 1939, the world found itself facing another global conflict. Canadians across the country rushed to recruitment centres, determined to do their part and stop the Axis war machine. For one man, the son of a famous Ottawa architect, enlisting in the armed forces...
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Paradise Cove: They Escaped the Cuckoo's NestParadise Cove: They Escaped the Cuckoo's Nest is a powerful firsthand account of life inside a Southern California residential facility for recovering psychiatric patients-as told by an unlikely observer, George T. Nagel, an 80-year-old graduate student who volunteered there in the 1970s as fieldwork...
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Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical LifeSocrates has been hiding in plain sight. We call him the father of Western philosophy, but what exactly are his philosophical views? He is famous for his humility, but readers often find him arrogant and condescending. We parrot his claim that "the unexamined life...
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Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great PicturesA spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old...
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No One Wins Alone: Leading Others, Building Teams, Inspiring GreatnessThe legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells his complete story for the first time, sharing the lessons about leadership and teamwork that defined his career, in this "inspirational memoir that transcends sports" (David Grann, #1 New York Times...
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My Penitente Land: Reflections of Spanish New MexicoThis unusual book, Fray Angélico Chávez's personal meditation on his cultural heritage, is also a kind of spiritual autobiography of the Hispano people of New Mexico. The spirit of New Mexico, he feels, grows out of its dry mountain terrain whose hills and valleys...
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My House of Memories: An AutobiographyIn this riveting personal story, award-winning, bestselling country musicrecording artist Merle Haggard takesyou on a tour through his house ofmemories, offering a fascinating lookinside his turbulent yet successful life.Merle reveals the true stories about hisbirth and troubled upbringing in a convertedrailroad boxcar. He recalls...
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Muhammad AliIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Muhammad Ali, "the greatest" boxer of all time. When he was little, Muhammad Ali had his bicycle stolen. He wanted to fight the thief, but...
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Mikaela ShiffrinDiscover the inspiring story of Mikaela Shiffrin, a record-breaking alpine skier who battled tough times to become the very best.Mikaela grew up under a snowy mountain in Colorado. Her family members were all big fans of skiing, and by the age of two, she...
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Memoirs of a RevolutionaryA New York Review Books Original Victor Serge is one of the great men of the 20th century --and one of its great writers too. He was an anarchist, an agitator, a revolutionary, an exile, a historian of his times, as well as a...
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Limitless: Stories from the Neighborhood That Shaped SeattleThe people of Seattle's Central District, forced together by discriminatory housing practices, built a thriving community that felt limitless to those who grew up there. Racist and restrictive policies meant to keep Central District residents in their place instead fueled creativity and resistance. These...
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Life After Ambition: A Good Enough MemoirChanneling the subversive and sharp-eyed voice showcased in her popular column for The Cut, Amil Niazi stylishly interrogates the aspirations of young adulthood, early middle age, motherhood, and life after ambition. Building off her wildly popular viral essays "Losing My Ambition" and "The Mindfuck...
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Leonardo Da Vinci: 5-Minute Genius StoriesThrough ten colorful stories, get to know Leonardo da Vinci, the man behind the world's most famous smile! Leonardo loves learning about the world around him and develops his own style of drawing called "knowing how to see." He creates thousands of drawings in...
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Lauren Bacall: The Queen of CoolLauren Bacall (1924-2014), or Betty, as she was known to friends, was one of the last great movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her career spanned seven decades and was one of the longest and most distinguished in the history of show...
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Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II"A masterpiece" (The Guardian) from the Nobel Prize-winning writer, an oral history of children's experiences in World War II across Russia NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the...
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