Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking"You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford's Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France." --The Wall Street Journal What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to...
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Conquest of the Useless: Fever Dreams in the JungleNewly repackaged as a Penguin paperback, Conquest of the Useless, the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog's diary of the making of Fitzcarraldo, one of his most revered and classic films In 1982, the visionary directory Werner Herzog released Fitzcarraldo, a lavish film about a would-be...
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Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela"An impressively well-researched and readable portrait . . . a useful reminder of what el Comandante did and didn't achieve, how he got away with it, and the danger of statesmen-as-showmen whose promises are too good to be true." --The New York Times Book...
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Chasing Alice: How the Life, Murder, and Legacy of an English Teacher Changed a Delmarva CommunityOn Sunday, September 4th, 2011, Alice Davis, a respected and beloved English teacher at Parkside High School in Salisbury, Maryland, vanished. Her disappearance shocked the community and left her family, friends, fellow teachers, and students fearing the worst. Within days, her husband, Jess Davis,...
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Charles Dickens: A LifeWith the delectable wit, unforgettable characters, and challenging themes that won her a Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller status, Jane Smiley naturally finds a kindred spirit in the author of classics such as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. As "his novels shaped his...
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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir#1 New York Times Bestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos,...
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Buddhist Bubblegum: Esotericism in the Creative Process of Arthur RusselRaised in the cornfields of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Arthur Russell (1951-1992) would become a visionary cellist, singer, composer, and producer in Lower Manhattan's "Downtown" arts scene during the 1970s and 80s. Russell's enigmatic music blended and transcended genres as disparate as Indian raga, Americana folk,...
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Brooding Upon the Waters: A Memoir of Farming, Fishing, and Failure in America's Lost LandscapeWhen thirty years of untreated bipolar disorder left his father fighting for his life, Howard Schaap began to wonder how this man had fallen so far-from Minnesota's Young Farmer of the Year to financial failure in the farm crisis to a bed in the...
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Breathe: A Life in Flow*An instant New York Times bestseller, USA Today bestseller, and Wall Street Journal bestseller*From Brazilian Jiu Jitsu legend Rickson Gracie, a riveting memoir weaving the story of his stunning career with the larger history of his family dynasty and Jiu Jitsu.Undefeated through his final...
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Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warriorr"...a near-unbelievable story of deadly missions carried out by small Green Beret-led teams operating deep in enemy territory against all but impossible odds."-Michael P Buckland, Special Forces SOG warrior"These were extremely dangerous, top secret operations, which tested Hanson's mettle; the Christian values of his...
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Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow"One of the most original and influential people of the twentieth century to me and many others." --Alexander McQueenWith a career spanning thirty years in fashion, as an influential voice at Vogue, Tatler, and The Sunday Times Magazine--as well as a legacy as one...
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Beneath the BadgeWhat happens when the one sworn to protect others can no longer protect himself?After 24 years in law enforcement, Officer Dave Dyke's career and identity were shattered by PTSD. For his wife, Christi, a registered nurse and death investigator, the fallout was both professional...
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Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average GirlA New York Times bestseller! This "infectious and contagious" ("Stone Cold" Steve Austin) memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin--a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch--delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame. Raised in Dublin, Ireland, in a...
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Autobiography"Spend the day in bed" with Autobiography by Morrissey, whose new album Low in High School is out November 17th Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist...
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A Silent Treatment: A MemoirShe did it to my dad, though. They used the silent treatment on each other, she explained, because they didn't want to say something they'd regret. What does she want to say now that she'd regret? Jeannie Vanasco's mother starts using the silent treatment...
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Anne RiceAnne Rice's uniquely gothic, sensuous, and existential approach redefined the modern vampire mythology. Shaped by personal tragedies, critical successes and failures, and a fervent rediscovery of her Catholic roots, Rice has penned over 27 novels from supernatural to historical tomes, erotica and religious themes....
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A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing TeamREGIONAL BESTSELLER Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-Black high school...
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Ali: A LifeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year The definitive biography of an American icon, from a best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. "Finally Muhammad...
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Alexander the GreatIn the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history....
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Albert Kahn's Daylight: An Architect ReconsideredAuthor: Chris MeisterPublisher: Wayne State University PressPublished: 10/23/2025Pages: 416Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.60dISBN: 9780814352731About the AuthorChris Meister is an independent scholar and the author of James Riely Gordon: His Courthouses and Other Public Architecture, which was honored with the Victorian...
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