Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America's Fight for FreedomA bold picture book biography about Mary Katharine Goddard, the only woman whose name is printed on the Declaration of Independence, by award-winning authors Karen Blumenthal and Jen McCartney, and illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley. Who was Mary Katharine Goddard? Born in 1738, she was...
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The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest WritingAn "adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike" (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. It...
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My Time to Stand: A MemoirNew York Times Bestseller A victim of her mother's Munchausen by proxy and child abuse survivor, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's unique and controversial case made headlines across the world. Now, she's finally free to start living her life on her terms--and to tell her own story...
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Letters to TrumpBefore President Donald J. Trump created the most significant political movement in American history, he had already achieved tremendous success as one of America's most prominent real estate moguls and acclaimed media personalities. LETTERS TO TRUMP reveals part of the incredible private collection of...
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Hate Won't Win: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than You Found ItIn this urgent expansion of her viral speech, Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow details her unlikely journey into politics with a front-row seat to democracy at its breaking point--then outlines the tangible, proven steps that anyone can take to build community, fight for what's right,...
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A Billion Butterflies: A Life in Climate and Chaos TheoryThe amazing true story of the man behind modern weather predictionConsider a world without weather prediction. How would we know when to evacuate communities ahead of fires or floods, or figure out what to wear tomorrow? Until 40 years ago, we couldn't forecast weather...
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and AscensionLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "powerful" (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home--from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America "Mesmerizing . . . not...
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Inciting Joy: EssaysFrom New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay comes a "brilliant" intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection (Ada Limón, U.S. poet laureate). In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning poet and author Gay considers the joy...
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American WestFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark's exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. In 1803...
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My Good Side: A MemoirAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An intimate memoir from Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay, delving into everything from the origin story of the iconic show, to her struggles with fertility and pregnancy loss, and the behind-the-scenes moments that were left on the cutting...
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The Kelce Brothers: A Little Golden Book BiographyDream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Travis and Jason Kelce--star NFL players, brothers, and podcast hosts. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as fans of all ages! What's it like playing against your...
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Zeckendorf: The autobiograpy of the man who played a real-life game of Monopoly and won the largest real estate empire in history.Not since the days of the Louisiana Purchase has America seen any bigger real estate transactions than those executed by William Zeckendorf, the derring-do head of Webb & Knapp. Figuring with supersonic speed and an uncanny flair for making money, the flamboyant impresario bought...
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The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime EuropeThe final work from celebrated Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz, this gripping and revealing true story follows a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe. Born in the tumult of World War I, a young Jewish boy named Yehiel Szulewicz chafes at...
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ConfessionsIn a remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, Saint Augustine addresses fundamental issues of doctrine that remain integral parts of modern Christianity. The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world...
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Swimming StudiesWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography Named a Best Book of the Year by The Observer Back in print, a "fusion of cool, clear-eyed prose and watercolors, photographs and painted portraits" (Time Out New York) by celebrated author and artist...
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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern IrrationalityINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BookPage Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power,...
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Now You're One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd KrossNow You're One of Us is the definitive statement about Redd Kross, an in-depth and riveting tale told in the voices of the talented and tempestuous brothers at the core of this iconic outfit.Emerging from humble beginnings in suburban Los Angeles, the McDonalds took...
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Ingrained: The Making of a CraftsmanNATIONAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTIONA captivating memoir that immerses readers in the life of a Scottish carpenter as he perfects his craft, builds a business, and reflects on what inheritance and shared responsibility really meanThe eldest son...
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Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All AwayNew York Times reporter and bestselling author David Gelles reveals how Patagonia became a global leader in doing well by doing good and how other companies are adopting its principles. This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary brands in the...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveAn updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the...
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