Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground: A Memoir of Survival and ResilienceA harrowing and yet quietly hopeful memoir, Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground explores the internal contours of a life shaped by family trauma. Extending beyond the bounds of an individual story to reflect holistically about what it means to be human, the book's...
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Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin's Russia"There are many books that explain the transformation of Russia by focusing on the politicians, oligarchs, and KGB/FSB spies who run Russia. This isn't one of them. Let me explain how a kid from New York founded a law firm in Moscow, had to...
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Robert Louis StevensonR. L. Stevenson's life and writing, which reflected a restless mind in a global age. This concise biography offers a fresh portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson: frail Edinburgh child turned globe-trotting author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr....
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Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!The New York Times Bestseller!"This is The Most Inspiring Children's Book We've Ever Seen."--Refinery29.com"The very first kids' book released by the iconic publishing house City Lights, Rad American Women A-Z navigates the alphabet from Angela Davis to Zora Neale Hurston with colorful illustrations and...
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President Lincoln: The Duty of a StatesmanIn his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a...
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Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green BookDuring a time when taking a trip across the nation could be dangerous for Black Americans, one man crafted a guide that changed the lives of millions. A 2025 Choose to Read Ohio title In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black...
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One is a Warrior (Large Print): The Relentless Fight of an Army National Guard Sniper Team in RamadiVictory Has a Body Count.The Reckoning Is Personal.LARGE PRINT When Harry Martinez volunteered, he was a police officer and a father who understood what war demands. He had served in the Marine Corps in the first Gulf War. In 2005, he arrived in Ramadi...
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Onassis: An Extravagant Life"Onassis, as he emerges from these pages, is superb...Onassis was a phenomenon in our time, combining money, power, intelligence, a zest for humanity, and, I suspect, a deep-seated humanity...Onassis was, above all, a man...Brady provides many insights into the attitudes of the man."The New...
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Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural WorldThe internationally bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods seeks a deeper personal connection to nature during this time of ecoanxiety and upheaval by exploring his own backyard. Long beloved for his insightful, inspiring nature writing, Richard Louv returns with his most personal...
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Ninety-Six Hours: A Wife and Mother's Desperate Search for the Lost Titan SubThe devastating true story of one woman's search for her husband and son aboard the lost Titan sub.Written by Christine Dawood, widow and mother of two Titan submersible victims, Ninety-Six Hours is a deeply human memoir chronicling the harrowing search and rescue operation following...
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Necessary Turbulence: Fifty Years, One Unbreakable Sisterhood Forged in the Crucible of the Air Force AcademyFor fifty years, an extraordinary story has been hiding in plain sight.Necessary Turbulence is a collective narrative of women who came of age inside systems that were not built for them and learned, in real time, how to live, lead, and redefine themselves anyway....
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My Life, My Science: Pursuing a Cure for Huntington's Disease"An intimate and eloquent memoir of scientific discovery, social policy-making, and self-reflection that is as inspiring as it is harrowing. With verve, wit, and passion, Wexler tells her story of creating a new model for biomedical research while racing to find a cure for...
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My Name Was Baby: An Intersex MemoirFrom a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance.When Chris Arnone was born in Independence, Missouri, nobody could tell what sex he was. For the first few days of his...
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Michael Jackson:: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 1958-2009This major new biography is the fruit of over 30 years of research and hundreds of exclusive interviews with a remarkable level of access to the very closest circles of the Jackson family--including Michael himself.Author: J. Randy TaraborrelliPublisher: Grand Central PublishingPublished: 08/24/2010Pages: 832Binding Type:...
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Lizz Free or Die: EssaysThe hilarious and poignant account of how one woman found her comedic voice.Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of Catholic parents, Lizz Winstead learned early that the straightforward questions she posed to various authority figures around her--her parents, her parish priest, even...
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Living High: An Unconventional BiographyLiving High is the compelling story of June and Farrar Burn and their unconventional lifestyle, philosophy, and experiences-homesteading a small island in the Salish Sea, living north of the Arctic Circle before Alaska became a state, touring the U.S. in the Burn Ballad Bungalow...
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Lifeguard: A Love StoryAn unforgettable memoir from New York City's first female lifeguard chief, this coming-of-age story plunges into the rough-and-tumble, sun-soaked world of Rockaway Beach in the 1970s and 1980s. The first time I ever saw a lifeguard get horned was in the summer of 1974....
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Life with Less of MeFrom afar, Julie's formative years looked perfect.A father with a good, steady job. A stay-at-home mother who loved to read. A spacious yard filled with toys and games for her and her two siblings. Yet for those who looked just a little closer, Julie's...
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John Muir: Nature Writings (Loa #92): The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / EssKnown as the "Father of the National Parks," John Muir wrote about the American West with unmatched passion and eloquence--as seen in this stunning, one-volume collection In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for...
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Journey's End - Siouxsie and The Banshees 1987-1996With Jon Klein and Martin McCarrick now full-blown members, Siouxsie and The Banshees embark on one of its most creative and ambitious odysseys, culminating in the multidimensional complexities of the 1988 album Peepshow. Both lyrically and musically, the Banshees continue to confound expectation with...
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