Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season"One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart." --Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won In 1971, a small-town high...
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No One Tells You This: A MemoirNo One Tells You This is "sharp, intimate...A funny, frank, and fearless memoir...and a refreshing view of the possibilities--and pitfalls--personal freedom can offer modern women" (Kirkus Reviews). When a successful woman in New York City approaches her fortieth birthday without a partner or baby,...
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My Time at Station 23A Journey Through 43 Years of Volunteer Firefighting: Tales of Courage, Heartfelt Regrets, and Unwavering Motivation in the Face of Danger, Capturing the Essence of Service, Sacrifice, and the Lifelong Bonds Formed in the Heat of the Moment.In My Time at Station 23, the...
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My Silent TearsThis book is about woman who has been pushed away by her family since she was young. A woman who has been abused by family, sexually abused from a young age, mentally abused, verbally abused, and physically abused. She is telling her story to...
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My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and BeyondA powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer '90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed."Deeply personal and engaging... A powerful reminder of the enduring importance of preserving our history and sharing our stories."...
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Mollie Brumley's Civil War: Surviving the Guerrilla War in ArkansasMollie Brumley, a thirteen-year-old orphan, was living on a farm in the mountainous Ozarks of northwest Arkansas when the Civil War broke out. In a borderland region on the northern periphery of slavery and the western edge of white settlement, her corner of Arkansas...
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Mirage in the Sand: Reflections of a Grunt in the Early Days of GWOTWar. People love the clean version of war. Simple motivations, clear victories, and neat endings, but that version is a mirage.Born and raised in Iowa, Jeff Harstad enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 12, 2001, one day after the attacks that changed everything....
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Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, the Last InterviewMarilyn Monroe's final formal photo session and last interview have never been released in their entirety--until now. Completed in July 1962, just a month before her passing, the interview conducted by Richard Meryman was Marilyn at her most open and honest, and the photos...
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Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn MonroeTimed to the hundredth birthday of Marilyn Monroe, and with the full cooperation of the Monroe estate, comes an investigation into the literary life of the Hollywood icon and actress, from the author of Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz and Dorothy Parker in Hollywood....
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Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding HomeAn uproarious and "utterly charming" (The Washington Post) memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a...
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Mad at the World: A Life of John SteinbeckThe first full-length biography of the Nobel laureate to appear in a quarter century, Mad at the World illuminates what has made the work of John Steinbeck an enduring part of the literary canon: his capacity for empathy. Pulitzer Prize finalist William Souder explores...
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Lift Up Thy Voice: The Sarah and Angelina Grimk Family s Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights LeadersIn the late 1820s Sarah and Angelina Grimké traded their elite position as daughters of a prominent white slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, for a life dedicated to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights in the North. After the Civil War, discovering that...
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Leadership Gets Personal: Finding Purpose, Transforming Lives, and Never Giving UpHow the University of Texas shaped twelve people who changed the world.College is a time for personal growth. But any Biology 101 student knows that growth (personal or otherwise) requires the right environment. Collecting the revealing and deeply personal stories of twelve UT alumni...
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In the Basement at the Va: Stories from a Cancer Doctor"Clear-eyed and deeply human, In the Basement at the VA shows that medicine is as much about communication as it is about treatment--and that small choices can carry life-changing weight."--Danielle Ofri, MD, editor of Bellevue Literary Review, author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions...
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In the Arms of Mountains: A Memoir of Land, Love, and Queer Resistance in Red AmericaRural America deserves more than an elegy: a powerful story of hope, resilience, and political resistance where you least expect it, from Idaho's first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker "One doesn't need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered. ...A reminder that activists need...
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Inspiration Porn: EssaysHilarious and bawdy musings on disability, sex, family, and Hollywood, from Emmy-winning writer and creator of the Netflix series Special.For years, Ryan O'Connell wished he was different. Raised in a small Southern California beach town described as "Laguna Beach with meth," his dad had...
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Inspirational Basketball GOATS Stories, Amazing Facts, and Trivia Games: The Ultimate Basketball book for children and teens!Looking for That Perfect Book for Basketball Lovers That Inspires and Educates Your Young Baller?Want your child or teen to soak up mental toughness, perseverance, resilience, and teamwork from those basketball GOATs while having a fun read? You've come to the right place! This...
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Illustrated Biography for Kids: Extraordinary Scientists Who Changed the World: Set of 6 BooksIntroduce your child to the brilliant minds that transformed the world with this engaging and educational set of 6 books! From unlocking the mysteries of the universe to reshaping the way we live, these famous scientists will inspire your child to dream big, ask...
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If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened: The Life and Times of a Domestic War CorrespondentIf I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened offers one journalist's version of the truth about how we ended up here and how nasty, sad, and disturbing it really is. This is the real, unvarnished history whose first draft was written...
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Icongraphics - Taylor Swift: The Graphic NovelA captivating and enchanting graphic novel retelling the story of Taylor Swift - from small town girl to super stardomTracing the stages of Taylor Swift's musical career, from her close-knit family ties and the early songwriting of her teen years to the magnificent showmanship...
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