Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Who Is Taylor Swift?Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Taylor Swift always knew she wanted...
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Me Llamo Celia/My Name Is Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz/The Life Of Celia CruzThis bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library...
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Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known about MenopauseNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness--with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New...
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Girl, Interrupted30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ......
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Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue"A thorough account of Harriman's rise which also manages to be a brisk, twisty read ... riveting and revelatory." --The New Yorker "Rigorous but rollicking." --The New York TimesNamed a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, Apple Books, The Economist, Politico,...
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Bandwidth: The Untold Story of Ambition, Deception, and Innovation That Shaped the Internet Age and Dot-Com BoomThough it seemed to happen in the blink of an eye, the Bandwidth adventure was a multi-decade rollercoaster ride involving larger-than-life successes and devastating failures. The unbridled ambition of newly minted billionaires and high-profile tycoons created extraordinary value, unprecedented value destruction, and endless opportunities...
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The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AIONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON AI * FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 From Dr. Fei-Fei Li, one of TIME's 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL in AI, comes "a powerful plea for keeping humanity at the centre of our latest technological transformation" (Financial Times)....
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Something in the Woods Loves YouAn inspiring memoir that explores nature's crucial role in our emotional and mental health, and a "poignant meditation on surviving the darkest recesses of human nature" (The Marginalian). Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. When his life...
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Making the Best of What's Left: When We're Too Old to Get the Chairs ReupholsteredFrom the bestselling author Judith Viorst comes a witty and poignant exploration of the joys and sorrows of life's twilight years--one that leaves us laughing, pondering, and grateful for the moments we have left. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years,...
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal TapFor the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel. Since its original release in 1984, This Is...
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Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to the BandSweetly soulful and creatively multifaceted, Richard Manuel of the Band left an indelible mark on rock history. From pivotal moments like Bob Dylan's controversial move to electric music to Woodstock and the Last Waltz, Manuel's journey unfolds in this first-ever biography. Through insightful analysis...
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Living in the Present with John PrineIn the spring of 2018, Tom Piazza climbed into a 1977 Coupe de Ville with the great singer-songwriter John Prine to write an article for the Oxford American. Their Florida road trip ignited a deep friendship, full of tall tales over epic meals, long...
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Wild Thing: A Life of Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin's legend as a transgressive genius arises as much from his biography as his aesthetically daring Polynesian paintings. Gauguin is chiefly known for his pictures that eschewed convention, to celebrate the beauty of an indigenous people and their culture. In this gorgeously illustrated,...
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia PlathThe complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath--essential reading for anyone who has been moved and fascinated by the poet's life and work. "A genuine literary event.... Plath's journals contain marvels of discovery." --The New York Times Book Review Sylvia Plath's journals were originally published...
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The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World (a Picture Book Biography)From a bestselling and award-winning team comes a moving, gorgeously illustrated picture-book biography of one of the greatest cellists of all time, Yo-Yo Ma, and his lifelong passion for using music to unite people in harmony and joy. "I've been asking myself all my...
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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in MississippiThe instant New York Times bestseller - Named the #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year by TIME, A Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Slate, Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, Smithsonian, BookPage, KCUR, Kirkus, and Boston Globe "It literally changed my outlook on...
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Things Become Other Things: A Walking MemoirA transformative 300-mile walk along Japan's ancient pilgrimage routes and through depopulating villages inspires a heartrending remembrance of a long-lost friend, documented in poignant, imaginative prose and remarkable photography. "An epic, exquisitely detailed journey, on foot, through a rural Japan few of us are...
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Hidden Figures Young Readers' EditionThe uplifting, amazing true story--a New York Times bestseller!This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly's acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program....
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Accidentally on PurposeINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER TIME's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 New York Post's 30 Best Books for Spring Amazon's Best Books of the Month BookRiot's Best Books of April Queerty's Spring 2025 LGBTQ+ Books Town & Country's Must-Read Books...
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Hotshot: A Life on Fire"A beautiful reflection on justice, the environment, the self, and much more."--George SaundersThe fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter, Hotshot navigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefightingFrom 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter whose given name was Anastasia....
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