Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood"Harrowing, engaging and utterly honest." --Elizabeth Wein, The New York Times Book Review "A captivating chronicle of eight turbulent years." --The Wall Street Journal A "Best Book of the Year" from: The New York Times ● Publishers Weekly ● Kirkus Reviews ● Booklist ●...
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Catch as Catch Can: Building a Legacy by Finding Opportunity in Every ObstacleFrom the streets of Louisville's Smoketown to corner offices and conference rooms, George Tinsley Sr.'s life journey is one of grit, perseverance, and the transformative power of seeing obstacles as opportunities. In this inspiring memoir, Tinsley vulnerably shares the challenges he faced growing up...
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A Way Home: A Memoir of Losing Yourself, and the Beauty of ReturningFrom Cinelle Barnes, author of Monsoon Mansion, comes a hopeful and heart-wrenching memoir about remembering and rebuilding a life after everything she knows disappears in a flash.In 2023, Cinelle Barnes is writing a travelogue about journeying home to the Philippines after a twenty-year separation...
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A Voice Like Mine: A MemoirFormer cabinet secretary, organizer, congresswoman, and New Mexico 2026 gubernatorial Democratic nominee Deb Haaland shares her story, offering a powerful and personal look at what it means to be "the first." Nothing about Deb Haaland's upbringing or family history set her up for a...
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A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and BeyondThe memoir by co-founding member of Soundgarden and lead guitarist Kim Thayil about one of the 1990s' signature rock bands From Soundgarden's humble beginnings manifesting grunge in Seattle's beer-soaked punk clubs to their revered status today as rock icons, the band's journey has been...
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Annihilating the Hillbilly Redux: Appalachia's Struggle Against America's InstitutionsIn 1971, a young journalist from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Carroll County, Virginia, published Annihilating the Hillbilly - a manifesto against the stereotyping that justified Appalachia's exploitation. Half a century before Hillbilly Elegy put the wrong story in front of millions of readers,...
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All About Michael Jackson: A Kid's Guide to the King of Pop"All About Michael Jackson: A Kid's Guide to the King of Pop" takes young readers on an exciting journey through the life of one of music's greatest legends. From his early days with the Jackson 5 to his record-breaking albums and unforgettable dance moves,...
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A Life's Calling: The Voice Behind the World's Greatest Horse RacesThe riveting autobiography of iconic American sportscaster Tom Durkin Sports have become indelibly linked to the voices that describe the action, from Al Michaels at the Olympics to baseball's Vin Scully and basketball's Marv Albert. In horseracing, perhaps no single voice did as much...
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A daughter's journalAuthor: Gwen Taylor DawsonPublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 12/31/2011Pages: 68Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16dISBN: 9781105151606This title is not returnable
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Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight SuccessA NATIONAL BESTSELLER A humorous collection of autobiographical essays from comedian and Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Hiller, who shares his journey from growing up "profoundly gay" in 1980s Texas to his experiences as an inept social worker and how he clawed, scraped, and brawled...
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A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the LegacyFor over a century, Alfred Hitchcock has remained one of cinema's most influential directors. Known as the Master of Suspense, this visionary filmmaker directed more than fifty films over six decades. His thriller The Lodger (1927) marked the start of his signature style, which...
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A Beautiful PatienceWhen Samaiya Mushtaq's husband considers joining a medical mission in Gaza, she must face the quiet terror of what it might cost them. As a physician, she understands his calling-but as a mother of two young children, she fears the unthinkable. What if he...
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'Abdu'l-Baha 'Abbas: Servant Leader of the Baha'i Faith'Abdu'l-Bahā 'Abbās: Servant Leader of the Bahā'ī Faith offers a vivid portrait of one of the most influential spiritual figures of the modern Middle East.Exiled from Iran and imprisoned in Ottoman Acre, 'Abdu'l-Bahā--son of Bahā'u'llāh, prophet-founder of the Bahā'ī Faith--emerged as a powerful voice...
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1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World DisorderHow did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions?In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and...
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You Had To Be There - And I Was!: From Elvis to The Stones to The Grass RootsIn his book You Had To Be There - And I Was! Terry Furlong, who was a member of popular 60s group The Grass Roots, takes you behind the scenes in the world of rock and roll. You'll be transported into the studios and...
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Without Terminus: Untraining an ArchiveA dazzlingly inventive account of kinship and dispossession by a two-time Minnesota Book Award-winning author In his first work of nonfiction, poet chaun webster blends memoir, archival research, visual poetics, and cultural criticism to trace the ways structural anti-Black violence has shaped his inheritance,...
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Why Are There Monkeys? (and other questions for God)"By God, Brooke Jones is a Hell of a writer!" -- Ben Fong-Torres/former EDITOR of ROLLING STONE MagazineIf you think a CONVERSATION WITH GOD could not possibly be FUNNY, you're in for a very BIG surprise!Brooke Jones, Breast Cancer Warrior, Political Satirist, and former...
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When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working ClassFrom one of the most electric and consequential figures to emerge from the contemporary American labor movement, the remarkable story of his battle to create the first Amazon union in the U.S. and a powerful call to arms on behalf of the working class...
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What If You CouldFrom the former prime minister of New Zealand comes a guide for young readers on chasing your dreams and embracing the unexpected qualities that truly make a person strong. When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand, she was one of the youngest...
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We Are the Stars: A MemoirGina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read. WINNER OF THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE...
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