Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The End-of-the-Line Club: A DiaryA diary of the emotional impact of selling most of your things and moving into a retirement community.In 2023, 18% of the U.S. population is 65 and older. This is us, my husband and me. Way over. Many of us have considered whether we...
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The Education of a Senator: From JFK to TrumpNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes story of the last sixty years of American politics, told with purpose and humor by a political legend who worked with ten presidents, made deals with both Obama and Trump, and believes that serving in...
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The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without SexFrom Melissa Febos, the national bestselling author of Girlhood, comes an examination of the solitude, freedoms, and feminist heroes she discovered during a year of celibacy and a wise and transformative look at relationships and self-knowledge. In the wake of a catastrophic two-year relationship,...
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The Double Dutch Fuss: A MemoirIn this raw and lyrical memoir as rich and insightful as How to Say Babylon and as vulnerable and provocative as Heavy, an Emmy Award-winning director chronicles his struggle to break free from--and live outside of--the prescribed paradigms of Blackness and masculinity that shaped...
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The adventures of Billie BAHA and her Super HEARo friends!I'm so glad you came by. My name is Billie. I'm four years old and I am also Hard of Hearing. I have bilateral hearing loss due to Microtia. Microtia is a congenital condition of a little or missing outer ear. I wear my...
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Stars of World Soccer: Fifth EditionWhat does it take to be at the top of the game? Learn how today's best players made it in this exciting book, which features short biographies of twenty-eight of the greatest soccer players on the field--from superstars like Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé...
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Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and MePart memoir by the daughter of the iconic comedian Richard Pryor, part exploration of the historical and contemporary use of the N-word, this hybrid book peels back the curtain on the life of Pryor and interrogates the most perplexing word in the American lexicon,...
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So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word--including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives. "Are...
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Seerah Ibn Hisham - Biography of the Prophet (PBUH)This abridged edition of one of the earliest and most respected biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) presents the life of the Messenger in a clear, readable, and carefully preserved format. Based on the foundational work of Ibn Hisham, which itself...
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Sam Walton: Made in America: My StoryIn this "sure-fire all-American success story" (The New York Times Book Review), the founder of Wal-Mart describes the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to build the largest retailer in the world. "[A] wise and inspiring autobiography--Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with...
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Rewilding: Freedom, Friendship, and Finding Our Way HomeWho would you be if you stopped caring what anyone else thought? What if real freedom isn't about reinventing yourself... but about letting the woman you buried years ago grow wild again?To the world, Jane Green had everything: bestselling novels, a beautiful home, the...
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Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van VechtenLangston Hughes is widely remembered as a celebrated star of the Harlem Renaissance -- a writer whose bluesy, lyrical poems and novels still have broad appeal. What's less well known about Hughes is that for much of his life he maintained a friendship with...
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Remembering Lucile: A Virginia Family's Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile HighIn 1918 Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones received her bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, becoming its first female African American graduate (though she was not allowed to "walk" at graduation, nor is she pictured in the 1918 CU yearbook). In Remembering Lucile, author...
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Rebellious: The Story of Keith Haring in 12 PicturesAs an artist and activist, one theme remained a constant throughout Keith Haring's life: rebellion. In this young adult biography, acclaimed author Michael G. Long examines Haring's upbringing and career through this lens: hosting queer people and people of color at high-art gallery openings;...
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President MeImagine a world where New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, television, and podcast host Adam Carolla is the President of the United States. Can't do it? You don't have to! Adam has done it for you!Podcast king Adam Carolla first shared his unique,...
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Pinprick EyesPinprick Eyes A Memoir Danielle K. Hart"I changed the details to save my skin. I kept the truth to save yours."Danielle Hart had everything people envied: a thriving career, beautiful children, and an oceanfront home. But behind the facade of a perfect life, the...
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Patterson Creek: Does everything happen for a reason?As a young Philadelphian, Anne's wit and heart warmed others, while she quietly suffered alone inside. But as a Marylander, working at the Finan Center, she began thinking suffering was meant to be. Finan was a low-security hospital ordered to take violent patients from...
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Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color LineRead Martha A. Sandweiss's posts on the Penguin Blog The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West, and the woman he loved Clarence King was a late nineteenth-century celebrity, a brilliant scientist and explorer once described by Secretary of State...
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Painting as a Pastime'Painting is a companion with whom one may hope to walk a great part of life's journey.'Winston Churchill's timeless meditation on the joy of painting, now beautifully republished with extended insights and anecdotes. Winston Churchill first took up painting in 1915 and pursued it...
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Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this powerful new collection of oil paintings and stories, President George W. Bush spotlights the inspiring journeys of America's immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of our nation. The issue of immigration...
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