Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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True Hospitality: Lessons Learned from Behind the Concierge DeskNext Generation Indie Book Award Finalist in Memoir (Career) "Everything points back to the uniformed girl at the podium in the lobby of the Rittenhouse."At twenty-two Jamie Cooperstein dreamed of becoming a successful sports journalist. She never expected that putting on a concierge uniform...
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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest"A rare gift: an inspiring tale about trees, trauma and the very purpose of life." --Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Empire of the Beetle Diana Beresford-Kroeger--a world-recognized botanist and medical biochemist--has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world with her startling insights into the hidden...
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Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride"A brave, powerful memoir" (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history"The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for...
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Three Seconds of Courage: How Small Acts of Bravery Lead to Big ChangeDiscover the secret to living each day with a spirit of courage, possibility, and hopeAt ten years old, Riley Kehoe survived the 2004 Asian Tsunami that killed nearly 230,000 people. After that traumatic event, she realized that she could let fear rule over her--or...
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They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for FreedomA Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir. "I cannot even begin to convey the clarity, the intensity, the power, the photographic storytelling of They Called...
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The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of GreatnessESPN's Tim MacMahon goes behind the scenes of Luka Dončic's years with the Dallas Mavericks--before his trade to the Lakers stunned the basketball world--telling the story of a franchise's quest to build a championship team around a prodigy. In 2018, the Dallas Mavericks landed...
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The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The women of the Bible lived timeless stories--by examining them, we can understand what it means to be a woman of faith. People unfamiliar with Scripture often assume that women play a small, secondary role in the Bible. But...
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The Woman in MeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more! "In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." --The New York Times Over 2 million copies sold of the "moving" (Time), "powerful" (Los...
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The Wanderer's Curse: A MemoirWhen Jennifer Hope Choi first stumbled upon the "curse" known as yeokmasal--an allegedly inheritable affliction causing one to roam farther and farther from home--she immediately consulted her mother. "Oh yeah," Umma quipped. "I have that." Technically this wasn't a revelation. Since 2007, the no-nonsense...
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The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War Pow's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton"What a strange, fascinating, and ultimately powerful account of one man's endurance of life as a POW during the American war in Vietnam. . . . This book, I believe, will stand the test of time as one of the finest nonfiction narratives to...
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The Unconquerable GameAmong the 40 million active golfers in the world today, Callaway is recognized by touring pros and amateurs alike for having created the most compatible golf equipment ever made. Indeed, Callaway's revolutionary approach to research and manufacturing changed the game, and how people approached...
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The Trembling Hand: Reflections of a Black Woman in the Romantic ArchiveA provocative, revelatory history of British Romanticism that examines the impact of the transatlantic slave economy on the lives and times of some of our most beloved poets--with urgent lessons for today "[P]owerful, revelatory. . . . [A]s a writer Nabugodi is warm and...
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The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the WorldHope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust--a delicate introduction to World War Two history for older picture book readers. During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher...
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The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a NationNew York Times Bestseller "This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin . . . Tubbs's book stands against the women's erasure, a monument to their historical importance."--The New Yorker "Tubbs' connection to these women is...
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The Tennis PartnerAn unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprah's Book Club Pick."Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis...
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The Surrender Experiment: My Journey Into Life's PerfectionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The Untethered Soul and Living Untethered comes the astonishing true-life story about the spiritual harmony and personal happiness he found when he just let go. "With his hallmark precision and clarity Michael Singer reveals how...
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life, Freedom, and JusticeThe New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection. Winner of the 2019 Moore Prize Finalist, Dayton Peace Prize, 2019 "An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity."- Archbishop Desmond Tutu A powerful, revealing story...
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The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them"Moving, thoughtful, redemptive. The Strangers is an important book. It will become a Black classic."-- Ben Okri, author of The Famished Road"Thrilling and ingenious, propulsive and genre-defying: The Strangers is an outstanding book. Compelling and imaginatively expansive, this is something very special--creative nonfiction that...
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The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S.J. and Bill Wilson in LettersThe Soul of Sponsorship explores the relationship of Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and his spiritual adviser and friend, Father Ed Dowling. Many might consider that such a remarkable individual as Bill Wilson, who was the primary author of AA literature, would be...
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The most authoritative portrait of one of the most important American investors of our time."--Los Angeles Times "Even people who don't care a whit about business will be intrigued. . . . A side of the Oracle of...
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