Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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It's So Easy: And Other LiesIn his New York Times bestseller, Duff McKagan, founding member of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, shares the story of his rise to fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his life-saving transformation via...
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Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American ReformThe nineteenth-century Kentucky antislavery reformer Cassius Marcellus Clay is generally remembered as a knife-wielding rabble-rouser who both inspired and enraged his contemporaries. Clay brawled with opponents while stumping for state constitutional changes to curtail the slave trade. He famously deployed cannons to protect the...
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Mae Jemison: Ready-To-Read Level 3Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison--the first African-American woman to ever go to space--with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people "you should meet." Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut!...
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Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial AmericaNow in paperback, Massacre on the Merrimack is a riveting true story of murder, captivity, revenge, and escape, set against the fiery backdrop of America's pre-colonial past. It's the incredible tale of Hannah Duston, who escaped her Native American captors and returned to her...
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Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of the CarsThe sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek, frontman and primary songwriter for the Cars. The band charted...
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Nobu: A Memoir"In this outstanding memoir, chef and restaurateur Matsuhisa...shares lessons in humility, gratitude, and empathy that will stick with readers long after they've finished the final chapter." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Inspiration by example" (Associated Press) from the acclaimed celebrity chef and international restaurateur, Nobu,...
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Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and JusticeCreating the world you want to live in takes guts and grace and everything you've got. To heal the world, though, you've also got to find healing yourself. You've got to get in touch with your inner badass. In Chingona, Mexican American activist, scholar,...
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This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power PrimerLearn all about influential women who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for trailblazers-in-training! Paving the way to a future that's bright. Helping the world with their skills, smarts, and might. Little trailblazers cause great big changes. In this follow...
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And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and ResistanceThe story of one of the world's most famous diamonds--stolen from South Asia during colonization and now among the crown jewels in London--is a call to action for readers to decolonize and hold their heads high. The Kohinoor diamond, one of the most famous...
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the CosmosA "pacy, smartly reported" (Financial Times) account of the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rival billionaires The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the...
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When the Light Finds Us: From a Life Sentence to a Life TransformedA testament to the indomitable human spirit and the power of a mother's love, this story of a wrongfully incarcerated woman's fight for freedom and her family will inspire all. Judy Henderson was a single mother with a successful small business of her own...
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The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount AthosPatrick Leigh Fermor recounts the last leg of his epic walk across Europe as he makes his way through Bulgaria, Romania, and finally Greece. In the winter of 1933, eighteen-year-old Patrick ("Paddy") Leigh Fermor set out on a walk across Europe, starting in Holland...
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The True Adventures of the Rolling StonesStanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their 1969 tour across the United States, staying up all night together...
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I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 1Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born to a well-to-do family in Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, he revealed remarkable precocity in his early interests in literature and science. Ill-health dogged him in youth, rendering his school attendance sporadic; and in 1908 he experienced a...
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The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17In this moving and insightful memoir, a veteran firefighter recounts his struggle to navigate the difficulties of his dangerous job while standing firm in his Catholic faith. Here is not only a thrilling window into life as an emergency worker, but also a gripping...
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The Lines That Make Us: Stories from Nathan's BusNathan Vass has been driving a Seattle city bus at night for the last decade. He began writing a popular blog, The View from Nathan's Bus, about his encounters with the riders of the No. 7 bus, which cuts through the heart of the...
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The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and FreedomLonglisted for the National Book AwardLonglisted for the PEN Translation PrizeA passionate prison memoir from a Palestinian man incarcerated for over 30 years in an Israeli prison--equal parts metaphysical love story and cry for justice "[A] kind of prose poem...that recalls the memoirs of...
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Mindfulness for Warriors: Empowering First Responders to Reduce Stress and Build Resilience (Book for Doctors, Police, Nurses, Firefighters, ParamedicLess than three months after retiring from a thirty-year law enforcement career, Kim Colegrove's husband chose suicide. Since that day, Colegrove has been helping first responders across the country practice techniques to cope with the stress and trauma that their works brings, and this...
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Baseball for Kids: A Young Fan's Guide to the History of the GameBatter up! A complete history of baseball for kids 5 to 7 Who invented baseball? How long has it been around? Who was the Great Bambino? Baseball for Kids answers all those burning questions and more as kids (ages 5-7) weave their way through...
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The Story of Jackie Robinson: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Jackie Robinson--a story about breaking down barriers for kids ages 6 to 9Jackie Robinson was the first Black Major League Baseball player and an important civil rights leader. Before he made history as a pioneer in sports, Jackie was a...
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