Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Boyz II Men 40th Anniversary Celebration: Unofficial & UnauthorizedA must-have for every Boyz II Men fan, this unofficial and unauthorized handsome volume traces forty years of the groundbreaking group through stunning photography, fascinating facts, and interviews with fans and industry pros. Philly's own Boyz II Men is an iconic boy band that...
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Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class"A must-read for today's politics" (San Francisco Chronicle), the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on America's class problem are collected in one searing and insightful volume. In Bone of the...
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Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and HealingOn May 12, 2015, Amtrak 188 derailed outside of Philadelphia going 106 miles per hour. Eight passengers were killed and many more severely injured. Geralyn Ritter was thrown from the train with such force that she sustained catastrophic injuries to her chest, her abdomen,...
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Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B. B. King"A treasure trove of information...told with real feeling." --Washington Post Book World"Charming...honest...transcendent.... It reads like a warm and lengthy conversation with a close friend." --BillboardThe undisputed king of the blues, B.B. King puts his life into words in a story that spans tragedy, triumph,...
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Blood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders 1700s to PresentBefore Michigan became a state, there were witch trials, scalp collectors, dirty sports, and a massacre of epic proportions. The lumber era that followed made Michigan as much of a wild, wild west as Deadwood. And Prohibition allowed a group of Detroit thugs to...
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Blood Covenant: The Story of the Mafia Prince Who Publicly Quit the Mob and LivedMob boss Michael Franzese had it all--money, power, prestige. From the time he took a blood oath that bound him body and soul to New York's Colombo crime family, Franzese became a force to be reckoned with in organized crime. Named by Vanity Fair...
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Bless the Blood: A Cancer MemoirA searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout. When Walela is diagnosed at...
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Blameless: Death Was Not My End, It Was My BeginningWe often view hardship as something grim-just another obstacle to endure because "life happens," right? But on a summer day in 2008, Kassidy Brewer faced the unimaginable: a life-altering event that no one could predict or prevent. It wasn't caused by anyone-it was sudden,...
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Black Robes Enter Coyote's World: Chief Charlo and Father de Smet in the Rocky MountainsBlack Robes Enter Coyote's World brings to life the complicated history of Jesuit missionaries among Montana's Native peoples--a saga of encounter, accommodation, and resistance during the transformative decades of the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Sally Thompson tells the story of how Jesuit values played out...
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Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass ReevesIn The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the "most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country." That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life enslaved in Arkansas and Texas made his accomplishments all the...
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Bird Girl: Gene Stratton-Porter Shares Her Love of Nature with the WorldThis lively STEAM picture book is about the life of Gene Stratton-Porter, a pioneering wildlife photographer and popular author from the late 19th and early 20th century, who showed the world the beauty of nature, especially birds, and why it was worth preserving. Gene...
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Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the TheaterCarey Perloff, former Artistic Director of San Francisco's legendary American Conservatory Theater, pens a lively and revealing memoir, and delivers a provocative and impassioned manifesto for the role of live theater in today's technology-infused world. Perloff's personal and professional journey--her life as a woman...
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A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams StoryThe remarkable life of Myrlie Evers-Williams is honored and celebrated in this stunningly illustrated picture book biography of a civil rights hero--the very first of its kind. A BANK STREET BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2025A BCALA AWARD WINNERA NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES TRADE BOOK FOR...
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At the Will of the BodyA medical sociologist who has been seriously ill twice (heart attack and cancer) explores his experiences and examines what they taught him about how to live. An important resource for caregivers and patients.In this deeply affecting memoir, Arthur W. Frank explores the events of...
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Artists' Journeys That Shaped Our World: The Travels That Inspired the Artistic GreatsFrom epic road trips and voyages into the most remote lands to culture-soaked, tranquil stays in the world's finest hotels, Artists' Journeys that Shaped Our World promises you an unforgettable journey. Join award-winning author Travis Elborough as he explores 30 paths to inspiration taken...
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A Prayer of Six WingsNo grief should be privileged, and no grief should be silenced.A Prayer of Six Wings is an account of the poet Owen Lewis's experience in the year following Hamas's Al-Aqsa Flood Massacre on October 7, 2023. The poems portray the complexity of the grief...
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An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing JourneyAn intimate memoir from Peter Levine, renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing and bestselling author of Waking the Tiger "A personal and revealing...memoir from a trailblazing therapist."--Kirkus Reviews - Shares the author's personal journey to heal his severe childhood trauma as well as his breakthroughs...
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information AgeWinner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics "We owe Claude Shannon a lot, and Soni & Goodman's book takes a big first step in paying that debt." --San Francisco Review of Books "Soni and Goodman are at their best when they...
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American Snake Pit: Hope, Grit, and Resilience in the Wake of WillowbrookIn 1987, following a public outcry about its questionable medical practices, Staten Island's Willowbrook State School for people with intellectual disabilities closed its doors for good.Flat broke and almost finished with graduate school, Dan Tomasulo -- now a core faculty member at Columbia University's...
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White HouseThe definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to...
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