Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to CaliforniaA young South Asian American woman's story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyer--the daughter of a forbidden marriage between a white American father and a Punjabi American mother--leased 10 acres of land in Gold...
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One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost WorldOne of Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council's Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal The...
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Oasis Talking ShiteA hilarious unofficial tribute to the most opinionated and entertainingly cantankerous band in rock and roll history. Hello and listen up. In 1994, with the shock of the lightning that was Oasis's force-of-nature debut album, the British band's cigarettes-and-alcohol-fueled founding brothers Liam and Noel...
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Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock ExplosionNow streaming on Paramount+ as an exclusive docuseries! The New York Times Bestseller The Explosive National Bestseller "A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history--you'll feel like you were right there with us!" --Bret Michaels of Poison Nothin' But a...
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Not My Father's Son: A MemoirNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved star of stage, television,...
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Notes on a Nervous PlanetFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library. The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Don't miss Matt Haig's new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024 Looking at sleep,...
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No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of TheholocaustA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST - CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE FINALIST - This by turns shattering and hope-giving account of prisoners who dug their way to freedom from the Nazis is both a stunning escape narrative and...
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New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our TimeIn the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voices of some of the city's best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave"I was born in Tuckahoe. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the...
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My Wandering Warrior ExistenceThe newest diary manga from the Harvey Award-winning creator of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. After attending a friend's wedding, Nagata Kabi decides she wants one of her own. That's not the only thing she wants--she longs to love and be loved. But she...
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My Private War: Relentlessly Chasing A Dream - From The Navy To The Major LeaguesOn the electrifying night of April 25, 2015, inside Milwaukee's Miller Park, 29-year-old Mitch Harris achieved what many said was impossible: pitching in the Major Leagues. It took more than a powerful right arm. It also took remarkable tenacity for Harris to battle through...
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My Name Is Gabriela/Me Llamo Gabriela (Bilingual)Gabriela Mistral loved words and sounds and stories. Born in Chile, she would grow to become the first Nobel Prize-winning Latina woman in the world. As a poet and a teacher, she inspired children across many countries to let their voices be heard. This...
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My Grandfather's Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy MenRichard Moves Camp's My Grandfather's Altar is an oral-literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Moves Camp is the great-great-grandson of Wóptuȟ'a ("Chips"), the holy man remembered for providing Crazy Horse with war medicines of power and protection. The Lakota remember...
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Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. PeiIn this stunning picture book about renowned architect I. M. Pei, award-winning author Julie Leung and captivating illustrator Yifan Wu unite to tell the story of the man who changed architecture forever with his forward-thinking shapes.As a boy in Shanghai, Ioeh Ming Pei was...
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Mothers of Boys Survival Guide: Funny Adventures and Tested Advice on Raising Happy, Independent BoysAuthor: Suzy ShawPublisher: Archway PublishingPublished: 01/06/2025Pages: 182Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 5.43h x 8.43w x 0.71dISBN: 9781665763110
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Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the WorldNow a major motion picture, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and Michael Cera--the true story of "Hollywood's poker princess" who gambled everything, won big, then lost it all.Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of...
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Martyrs and Chickens: Confessions of a Granola MennoniteCommenting on Martyrs and Chickens, Kate Baer, author of How About Now and other poetry bestsellers, says that "Beachy writes with exquisite tenderness, wit, and unflinching honesty about faith, family, and the push-pull of heritage. Through essays that are both deeply personal and universally...
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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic MemoirCartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between "crazy" and "creative" in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications...
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's KillerThe acclaimed and thrilling account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the twelve-day chase for John Wilkes Booth, winner of the Edgar Award and adapted into an acclaimed Apple TV+ Series"A terrific narrative of the hunt for Lincoln's killers that will mesmerize the reader from...
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Mad Trapper of Rat River: A True Story of Canada's Biggest Manhunt"The Arctic trails do indeed have their secret tales, and one of the best is that of The Mad Trapper of Rat River, equal to the legends of Bonnie and Clyde or John Dillinger. Now author Dick North (of course) may have solved the...
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