Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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We All Got SomethingWhen you're always searching, you might just surprise yourself with what you find After a rocky attempt at living in London with his partner, Lawrence finds himself single, broke, and back at home in Compton with his mom and great-aunt, moping from bed tokitchen...
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Was It Worth It?: How to Create Your Own Purposeful Parenting PlanWAS IT WORTH IT? is a powerful exploration of resilience, love, and purposeful parenting. This compelling blend of memoir and practical guide shares the remarkable journey of a single Black mother who defied the odds to raise daughters who now thrive both personally and...
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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central HighIn this essential autobiographical account by one of the Civil Rights Movement's most powerful figures, Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine explores not only the oppressive force of racism, but the ability of young people to change ideas of race and identity....
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Walden: Gilded Pocket EditionLive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. This beautiful hardback pocket edition presents the incredible memoir of Henry David Thoreau - a man who left his...
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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty"Splendid. . . . haunting and beautifully written." -- Washington PostThe #1 New York Times bestselling chronicle of the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty, from CNN anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper and historian and novelist Katherine Howe.One of the Washington Post's...
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Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland IslandCarol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She wrestles alligators, eats roadkill, rides horses bareback, and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built by hand in an island wilderness. A combination of Henry David Thoreau and Jane Goodall, Carol is a self-taught...
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Understanding AIArtificial Intelligence is all about humans asking computers and other machines to think and even behave like humans, and to take on jobs that people find too difficult or too boring. But how do you actually define the term? What exactly can machines with...
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TrulyThe long-awaited memoir of the legendary Lionel Richie. As a storyteller second to none, Lionel Richie is ready to tell it all. In this intimate, deeply candid memoir, Lionel revisits hilarious and harrowing events to inspire all who doubt themselves or feel their dreams...
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True StoriesMeet Cowboy Bob McClary. He mostly spends his time riding, roping, shoeing, training, chasing, and figurin' out horses. And getting into all kinds of scrapes, like facing down a rattlesnake or the ants in his pants-the stingin' red kind. Or finding out the hard...
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Tiger Slayer: The Extraordinary Story of Nur Jahan, Empress of IndiaMore than four centuries ago in India, a Muslim woman ruled a magnificent empire: Nur Jahan, whose name means "light of the world." Nur led troops into battle atop an elephant, hunted tigers, designed public buildings, and issued coinage and royal decrees in her...
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Thunder Song: Essays"Blending beautiful family history with her own personal memories, LaPointe's writing is a ballad against amnesia, and a call to action for healing, for decolonization, for hope." --Elle The author of the award-winning memoir Red Paint returns with a razor-sharp, clear-eyed collection of essays...
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Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter PilotThoughts on issues of character, leadership, integrity, personal and public virtue, and ethics, the selections in this volume converge around the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of adversity-lessons just as valid for the challenges of...
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Those Who Face Death: The Untold Story of Special Forces and the Iraqi Kurdish ResistanceSpring, 2003.A small group of Special Forces and CIA operatives must establish a second front to tie down the Iraqi Army in the north to support the pending US-led invasion in the south.The mission sounds simple. The reality is anything but.The plan is to...
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Thomas More: A LifeThe definitive biography of the man who dominated political and intellectual circles in England during the sixteenth century: Thomas More. Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed...
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The Yellow HouseFrom October to December of 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a yellow house in the south of France with Vincent van Gogh. They were the odd couple of the art world -- one calm, the other volatile -- and the denouement of their living arrangement...
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The Writing Life"For nonwriters, it is a glimpse into the trials and satisfactions of a life spent with words. For writers, it is a warm, rambling, conversation with a stimulating and extraordinarily talented colleague." -- Chicago TribuneFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Dillard, a collection that illuminates the...
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The World of Nancy Kwan: A Memoir by Hollywood's Asian SuperstarA Hollywood icon and Asian superstar shares the inspiring story of her groundbreaking career. When Nancy Kwan burst onto the scene in the early 1960s, Asian characters in film were portrayed by white actors in makeup playing "yellowface," and those minor roles were the...
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The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, and the Minimum Wage"Kirstin Downey's lively, substantive and--dare I say--inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins' career but also deepens the known contradictions of Roosevelt's character." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest friends and the first female...
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The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994From the renowned novelist and critic, an exquisite collection of journal entries from the 1980s and '90s, tracking a young, gay author's literary coming-of-age in New York during the AIDS crisis In 1983, Thomas Mallon was still unknown. A literature professor at Vassar College,...
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The Use of PhotographyWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE**Serialized in The New Yorker** An account of Annie Ernaux's love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories. Includes 14 color still-life photographs...
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