Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious CareerA candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon.com, from the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This. "A unique and brilliant book." --Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand WeeksWhat would you sacrifice for your career? All your...
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Eventually a Sequoia: Stories of Art, Adventure & the Wisdom of Giants". . .a soulful, visually stunning journey through art, adventure, and the quiet power of growth." -- Rue Mapp, Founder and CEO, Outdoor Afro A graphic memoir that brings together adventure, community, conservation, and personal growth from an award-winning artist and storyteller Based on...
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Euclid: The Man Who Invented GeometryThis book brings geometry to life with Euclid explaining the principles of Geometry to his friends. Full of fun, explanation and even jokes, thei is the perfect introduction to a sometimes tricky subject.Euclid lived 2300 years ago in Alexandria, in northern Egypt. His was...
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Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American FashionA NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED - "Reads like a work of fiction, but remarkably, it's all true" (Airmail) - In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nancy MacDonell chronicles the untold story of how...
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Easy Beauty: A MemoirFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 * Vulture's #1 Memoir of 2022 * A Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Time, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and New York Public Library Best Book...
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Dust in the Wind...A Stagecoach Journey Along the Smoky Hill Trail/BOD In Western KansasIt was October of 2023 when myself, Rick Hamby, and several of the Stagecoach Journey crew headed out to western Kansas to check out the possibility of doing a stagecoach run through that part of the country. We knew of the historic Smoky Hill...
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: A Graphic NovelSibert Honor Medalist - Kirkus' Best of 2015 list - School Library Journal Best of 2015 - Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list - Horn Book Fanfare Book - Booklist Editor's Choice On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed...
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Dred and Harriet Scott: A Family's Struggle for FreedomA biography for young readers, ages 9 and up, that humanizes the people behind the famous Dred Scott decision, the first legal test of slavery in the United States.Author: Gwenyth SwainPublisher: Borealis BooksPublished: 02/09/2004Pages: 102Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.02w x 0.38dISBN: 9780873514835Audience:...
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Drag Queen PreacherHow did you grow to be who you are? What loves nurtured you into becoming? What seeds have been sown within you to nurture hope? Which avenues through life have allowed you to expand your self and transform in myriad ways? I am not...
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Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror WorldA finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle AwardWinner of the Women's Prize for NonfictionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER National Indie Bestseller A New York Times notable book of 2023 Vulture's #1 book of 2023One of Slate's ten best books of 2023 A Guardian...
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Do More Good: Inspiring Lessons from Extraordinary PeopleDiscover the path to purpose, impact, and everyday leadership--through the wisdom of thirty extraordinary changemakers. In a time when the world feels divided and overwhelming, many of us are searching for meaningful ways to help others, serve our communities, and create positive change. Do...
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Ditching the Sky: A memoir of triumph against all oddsHeidi's story is extraordinary. Imagine being 540 miles from land, with nothing but water in sight, and then experiencing every pilot's worst nightmare - a complete engine failure. Heidi's fixed-gear Cessna bounced off the ocean's surface, flipped onto its back, and began to sink....
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Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom ThurmondBreaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington-Williams comes forward with a story of unique historical magnitude and incredible human drama. Her father, the late Strom Thurmond, was once the nation's leading voice for racial segregation (one of his signature political achievements was...
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Dear Mad'mDear Mad'm is the autobiographical story of Stella Walthall Patterson of her experience living alone, after age 80, with her dog Vicki on her mining claim on the Klamath River in the Siskiyou Mountains, near Happy Camp, California. She had until then lived a...
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David Lynch: His Work, His WorldAn in-depth, richly illustrated exploration of the work and life of cinema and TV's greatest cult creator. Without David Lynch, our world would have been a much more ordinary place. As a filmmaker, screenwriter, designer, musician, visual artist and living avatar of all things...
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Daisy Doo: All The Sounds She Knew"Daisy Doo" is a heartwarming book that takes readers on a journey through a child's perseverance in the face of hearing loss. Join the spirited Daisy Doo as she discovers the beauty of her favorite sounds once again, thanks to a cochlear implant! Through...
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Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 FeetReal-life flight attendant Heather Poole has written a charming and funny insider's account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies. Cruising Attitude is a Coffee, Tea, or Me? for the 21st century, as the author parlays her fifteen years of flight experience into...
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Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need ThemA New York Times Bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Admiral McRaven tells stories from his life and career that illustrate the principles of effective leadership during times of crisis. Throughout his 40-year career, Admiral McRaven has experienced every manner of calamity imaginable....
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Connor Bedard: Hockey SuperstarThis book dives deep into the life and career of Chicago Blackhawks phenom Connor Bedard. The book also includes a table of contents, a map of where Bedard's biggest accomplishments took place, a list of Bedard's accolades, additional resource links, a glossary, and an...
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Confessions of an Advertising ManA new edition of the timeless business classic featured on Mad Men--as fresh and relevant now as the day it was written "We admire people who work hard, who are objective and thorough. We detest office politicians, toadies, bullies, and pompous asses. We abhor...
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