Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Soccer Stars: Stories and Skills from the World's Best PlayersA collection of stories about great soccer players to engage and inspire young soccer fans, with winning strategies kids can try out on the field! Is your child obsessed with soccer? Do they talk nonstop about their favorite players and famous matches? Soccer Stars:...
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Soccer Greats: The Best of All TimeAuthor: Tom StreissguthPublisher: Referencepoint PressPublished: 08/01/2025Pages: 64Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.30h x 3.70w x 0.30dISBN: 9781678212001Audience: Young AdultReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2025
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Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for PenniesNewbery Honor winner Margi Preus and illustrator Jaime Zollars shed light on a trailblazing doctor known as the "Angel on Snowshoes" in this picture book biography Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in...
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Smiling on the InsideWho knew a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic would bring a career of over thirty years to an unexpected close? In Smiling on the Inside. Dr. Sarah Akard Wilson invites you into the unpredictable world of dentistry. where each day brings unique challenges. humorous encounters. and heartfelt...
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Slim Aarons: StyleGlamorous fashions, personalities, and places captured by iconic photographer Slim Aarons in this collection from curator Shawn Waldron and author Kate Betts. Slim Aarons: Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This collectible volume features luscious...
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She Is Mine: A War Orphan's Incredible Journey of SurvivalHer father was an American serviceman, her mother a young Korean woman confused by the ravages of war. Abandoned at age four, nameless, homeless, and utterly alone, this child roamed the bleak, war-ravaged countryside of South Korea for three years and was finally left...
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Shakespeare: The World as StageBill Bryson's bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship--updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in...
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Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack ParsonsIn his short 37 years, John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons embodied at least several different roles in one tormented but glorious life. By day, Parsons' unorthodox genius created a solid rocket fuel that helped the Allies win World War II and NASA send spacecraft to...
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A TriumphIn his classic book, T.E. Lawrence--forever known as Lawrence of Arabia--recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. At first a shy Oxford scholar and archaeologist with a facility for languages, he joined and went on to lead the Arab revolt...
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Selling Baseball: How Superstars George Wright and Albert Spalding Impacted Sports in AmericaSelling Baseball breathes fresh energy into baseball's humble beginnings with this captivating tale of two vibrant personalities whose rivalry cum friendship was integral to the rise of the professional game. It's a fascinating look back on the sport's early years and its rapid transformation...
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Self-Portrait in Green: 10th Anniversary EditionWho are the green women? They are powerful (one is a disciplinarian teacher). They are mysterious (one haunts a house like a ghost). They are seductive (one marries her best friend's father). And they are unbearably personal (one is the author's own mother). They...
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Searching for Serenity: Finding My Way On the Camino de SantiagoSearching for Serenity is a challenging and inspiring account of one man's pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. Angelo C. Fulco's memoir of his life changing journey will take readers from his point of departure in Canada to his final destination of Santiago de...
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Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal★ "Entertaining and informative. A fine contribution to African American creative nonfiction for young readers." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review From Karyn Parson's critically acclaimed Sweet Blackberry video series comes the little known story of Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor who would become a...
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Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National HolidaySarah Josepha Hale dedicated her life to making Thanksgiving a national holiday. During the nineteenth century, Sarah Josepha Hale dedicated her life to making Thanksgiving a national holiday, all while raising a family and becoming a groundbreaking writer and women's magazine editor. Sarah Hale's...
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Sam HoustonIn the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston's momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haley's fifteen years of research and...
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Sagittarius RisingA memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early...
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Running for My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and BeyondPro Bowl star running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons, Warrick Dunn tells his extraordinary story in Running for My Life, a poignant and inspirational true tale of tragedy, success, depression, denial, and ultimately, hope. One of the most gifted...
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Run Like a Girl: 50 Extraordinary and Inspiring SportswomenThis revised and updated version of Run Like a Girl presents 50 inspirational biographies of the world's top female athletes.All over the world, there are female athletes breaking barriers, pushing limits and achieving amazing things, but where did their journeys begin? And what challenges...
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Roman Year: A MemoirThe author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood. In Roman Year, André Aciman captures the period of his adolescence that began when he and his family first...
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Robert H. Jackson: A Life in JudgmentAuthor: G. Edward WhitePublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 10/01/2025Pages: 408Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.40w x 1.50dISBN: 9780197778432About the AuthorG. Edward White is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the author of twenty books...
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