Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe BergNATIONAL BESTSELLERNow a major motion picture starring Paul Rudd "A delightful book that recounts one of the strangest episodes in the history of espionage. . . . . Relentlessly entertaining."--The New York Times Book Review Moe Berg is the only major-league baseball player whose...
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The Boss in the Shadows: The Life and Death of Thomas "Tommy Ryan" EboliThis book is a series of stories and anecdotes about my father, Thomas (Tommy Ryan) Eboli and me, Xavier Eboli. I have crossed paths with many interesting characters throughout my life, most of them an extension of Dad's numerous relationships. I have met celebrities,...
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The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the WorldTHE BOOK OF PRIDE captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. These individuals fought battles both...
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The Bells of Old TokyoAn elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residentsFrom 1632 until 1854, Japan's rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, a near isolation that fostered a remarkable and unique culture that endures to this day. In hypnotic prose and sensual detail, Anna Sherman describes...
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The Basketball Diaries: The Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean StreetsThe urban classic coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and basketball Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960s, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a...
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.Written by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself, this astounding autobiography brings to life a remarkable man changed the world --and still inspires the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all. Martin Luther King: the child and student who rebelled against segregation. The dedicated minister...
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The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy That Let a Killer Go FreeThe #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime story.In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and mother...
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Thank You, JohnSex sells, but what can it buy? Thank You, John is Best American Essays Notable Michelle Gurule's debut memoir: a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud tragi-comedy of errors based on her time spent as an inexperienced sugarbaby in 2010s Denver. Michelle, a queer, wanna-be writer exasperated by...
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Taylor Swift: Album by AlbumIf you're a passionate Swiftie who wants to know EVERYTHING about your favorite icon--especially her music--this luxuriously illustrated deep dive should take center stage. Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums--from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department--Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines...
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Take My Name But Say It Slow: EssaysThomas Dai has never gone by his Chinese name, Nuocheng, fashioned from the Knoxville (Chinese: Nuokeshiweier) of his childhood and the Chengdu his mother called home. Seen another way, Nuocheng also contains the cheng of Chenggong: success. In one breath, his name speaks of...
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Surfer Stories: 12 Untold Stories by 12 Writers about 12 of the World's Greatest SurfersSurfer Stories is an unrivaled collection of unique, revealing, and intimate stories about twelve of the world's greatest surfers. From the monstrous walls of water at Teahupoo, to the reef-scraping barrels of Pipeline, to the endless peeling break of Jeffreys Bay, legendary surfers have...
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Steven Spielberg: A Little Golden Book BiographyDream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Hollywood's most famous director Steven Spielberg. It's the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as fans of all ages! This Little Golden Book about Steven Spielberg--the Academy Award-winning director of iconic films such...
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Stephen King: His Life, Work, and Influences (Young Readers' Edition)A thrilling visual companion curated for young adults voraciously reading their way through Stephen King's colossal corpus of creepy books. *2025 CBC Young Adult Favorites Winner**2025 CBC Teacher Favorites Winner**2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner* For many young readers, when the last page of Goosebumps...
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Stephen Curry vs. Magic Johnson: Who Would Win?Stephen Curry and Magic Johnson are two of the most celebrated point guards in NBA history. From Johnson's passes to Curry's three-pointers, both players have standout stats. But who is better? Explore their career highlights to decide which athlete is the ultimate champion.Author: David...
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Spare#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing. "Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir."--The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year) It was one of the most searing images...
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Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a CenturyNewspapers are a tough business, and no one knows that better than Rob Christensen, who was chief political reporter at North Carolina's capital newspaper, the News and Observer, for decades. Here he tells the story of the N&O and how it helped shape modern...
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South and West: From a NotebookNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "One of contemporary literature's most revered essayists revives her raw records from a 1970s road trip across the American southwest ... her acute observations of the country's culture and history feel particularly resonant today." --Harper's Bazaar Joan Didion, the bestselling, award-winning...
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Son of Southtown: My Life Between Two WorldsBorn and raised on the streets of Southtown, two exits from the Mexico border, Sonny Sandoval was always going to go his own way. And as frontman of the platinum selling nu metal band P.O.D.--a group too Christian for the world and too secular...
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Son of Birmingham: A MemoirToday's Birmingham--led by Mayor Randall Woodfin--is a phoenix rising from the ashes of systemic racism and white flight. This first Southern city to pluck the feathers off Jim Crow, where peaceful protesters endured attacks by police dogs, where high-pressure water hoses tore at the...
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Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist)Praise for Solitary: FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTIONFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTIONNamed One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2019Winner of the Stowe PrizeNamed the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of...
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