Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Squatter: One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Spirit on the Ice Age TrailI'm emotionally not in a good place. So begins Yolanda DeLoach's raw and redemptive Squatter, a tale of trails, trekking, and overcoming trauma. Between heartache and the realization that a relationship was never as it seemed, DeLoach pushes herself toward Wisconsin's historic Ice Age...
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Shakey: Neil Young's BiographyNeil Young is one of rock and roll's most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life - until now. Based on six years of interviews...
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Serenade to the Big Bird: A Young Flier's Memoir of the Second World WarSerenade to the Big Bird, first published in the United States in 1952, recounts author Bert Stiles experiences as an Army Air Force pilot in the European theater of World War Two. Stiles enlisted in the Air Force almost immediately after Pearl Harbor, and...
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Seeking Shama: Me, My Dog, and the Road to Inner PeaceSeeking Shama: Me, My Dog, and the Road to Inner Peace is a heartfelt, candid, and inspiring memoir that explores the raw edges of being human, the freedom of the open road, and the journey toward spiritual reconnection. When Kee Kee Buckley's career as...
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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNAIn 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin's data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery.Brenda Maddox tells a powerful story of a remarkably single-minded, forthright, and tempestuous young woman who, at...
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RonaldoA Football-Lover's Guide to Cristiano Ronaldo.Scoring over 790 goals during his career so far, Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Winning trophies as both a forward for Manchester United and Captain of the Portuguese national team,...
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Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of PerfectionEveryone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. Now, for the first time, the world's most famous--and infamous--chef tells the inside story of his life: his difficult childhood, his father's alcoholism and violence, his brother's heroin addiction,...
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Remembering Jefferson: Who He Was, Who We AreAn expert on presidential history and national identity explores the complicated and conflicted ways Americans remember Thomas Jefferson and what these impressions reveal about the nation he helped to found.Thomas Jefferson is everywhere. In Washington, DC, and on Mount Rushmore. In history textbooks and...
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Reflections: On CinematographyFrom a two-time Academy Award winner widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time--a one-of-a-kind visual memoir, telling his life's story by way of his iconic, beloved films. Cinematography is both an art and science--capturing motion requires a combination of skill, ingenuity, and...
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Radically Wild: True Tales of Adventure, Wilderness Survival, and Hard LessonsWhat happens when wilderness runs in your veins?From a wild child hunting for frogs and foraging for mushrooms to a seasoned mountain man working in the rugged Northern Rockies, Scott Sunderwald's life is a thrilling testament to adventure, survival, and nature's transformative power. He's...
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Queen ElizabethIn this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch of modern times. Little Elizabeth loved dogs and horses and dreamed of living on a farm. But, one day, she heard chants...
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Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks: A Filmmaker's Creative Journey"A master class of the masterworks of Paul Thomas Anderson" (Variety Magazine), Adam Nayman's full-color coffee-table gift book explores the creative journey of the multiple Academy Award-nominated writer and director. Foreword by the Safdie Brothers "Full of lavish photographs from his best-loved films." ―A....
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Ozzy & Me: Life Lessons, Wild Stories, and Unexpected Epiphanies from Forty Years of Friendship with the Prince of DarknessAn entertaining, heartwarming memoir detailing the adventures and valuable life lessons learned from the author's four decades of friendship with Ozzy Osbourne and the Osbourne family. Stephen Rea was born in Northern Ireland in 1969, the same year "The Troubles" began. Violence was everywhere....
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Ordinary Hazards: A MemoirMichael L. Printz Honor BookRobert F. Sibert Honor BookBoston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor BookArnold Adoff Poetry Award for Teens Six Starred Reviews--★Booklist ★BCCB ★The Horn Book ★Publishers Weekly ★School Library Connection ★Shelf Awareness A Booklist Best Book for Youth * A BCCB Blue Ribbon...
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On My Watch: Leading NATO in a Time of WarWhen Jens Stoltenberg took office as secretary general of NATO in 2014, the world was already changing. What followed was a decade marked by war, diplomatic crises, and decisions that helped shape the West's shared security. On My Watch takes readers behind closed doors...
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One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the WayFrom her dorm room at Princeton University, twenty-one-year-old college senior Wendy Kopp decided to launch a movement to improve public education in America. In One Day, All Children... , she shares the remarkable story of Teach For America, a non-profit organization that sends outstanding...
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Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International JusticeThe remarkable life of one of the twentieth century's great warriors for justice, from Nuremberg to the first trial of the International Criminal Court On September 29, 1947, in Courtroom 600, before the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, twenty-seven-year-old Benjamin Ferencz approached the lectern to deliver...
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Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North KoreaFor the first time, Kenneth Bae tells the full story surrounding his arrest and imprisonment in North Korea.Not Forgotten is a modern story of intrigue, suspense, and heart. Driven by his passion to help the people of North Korea, Bae moves to neighboring China...
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My Year of Really Bad Dates: A MemoirFor anyone who's ever gone on terrible date, a vulnerable memoir that explores dating in midlife after divorce, with bad dates--from terrible one-night stands to promising matches who ultimately disappoint--anchoring the theme of every chapter. After two life-shaking events--losing her father and divorcing the...
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My Son, the Priest: A Mother's Crisis of Faith"A beautifully written tale of spiritual growth."-James Martin, SJ, author of the New York Times bestsellers Jesus: A Pilgrimage and Learning to Pray Not every Catholic mother wants her son to be a priest.The true story of a young man's journey to become a...
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