Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Book of Dead PhilosophersIn this collection of brief lives (and deaths) of nearly two hundred of the world's greatest thinkers, noted philosopher Simon Critchley creates a register of mortality that is tragic, amusing, absurd, and exemplary. From the self-mocking haikus of Zen masters on their deathbeds to...
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Take the Horse and Run: The Incredible True Story of a Horse Fleeing for His Life--And the Girl Who Would Stop at Nothing to Save HimHow far would you go for your best friend?When her parents' devastating divorce uprooted her life, Haylee Graham plunged into a downward spiral. Heartbroken and afraid, the young girl turned to her beloved horse, Cartier, as a lifeline. The only place she felt safe...
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Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health JusticeThe founder of the Black Doctors Consortium shares her "inspiring story of overcoming mind-numbing obstacles" (Will Smith), highlighting the devastating racial injustices in our healthcare system in this empowering call to action. Dr. Ala Stanford knew she wanted to be a doctor by the...
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Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!NAACP Image Awards Nominee - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance.James VanDerZee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his...
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Somewhere I Belong: A Story of Country, Family, Home, and Jewish IdentityA moving tale of betrayal, family, and belonging in the world1960, Durban, South Africa: A Jewish father tells Jo-Anne, his ten-year-old daughter, "There'll be a bloody revolution here: revenge, massacres, a blood bath. Don't think of this place as home. We'll have to leave...
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Soccer (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)Learn all about one of the most popular sports in the world--soccer!--in this fun Level 2 Reader from National Geographic Kids! From passing balls and scoring goals to how soccer got its name and where it started, kids will love learning all about the...
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Soccer (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)Learn all about one of the most popular sports in the world--soccer!--in this fun Level 2 Reader from National Geographic Kids! From passing balls and scoring goals to how soccer got its name and where it started, kids will love learning all about the...
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She Takes the Helm: Lessons in Grit from Alaska's Fishing GroundsMoving to Alaska for adventure, Mary Jacobs's job-and pay-at the cannery fails to excite. When she begins working on a fishing vessel, she is hooked. But in this man's world, if women get hired, they usually cook, clean, and do unimportant jobs. Mary aspires...
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Shamergence: A shamanic awakening to divine feminine energy for personal and planetary healingLooked at through the lens of the Inkan cosmology, Mother Earth is trying to wake us up and restore equilibrium between the two polarities that exist within all of us, regardless of gender or sexual identification. Healing personally and collectively the energetic imbalances between...
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Senator Kenneth McKellar: Feudin' Son of TennesseeKenneth McKellar may have been born in Reconstruction-era Alabama, but for most of his life, he was a Tennessean through and through. After graduating from the University of Alabama with bachelor's, master's, and law degrees, McKellar traveled to Memphis for what he expected to...
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Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary KayThe only woman in Forbes' Greatest Business Stories of All Time and the first woman to chair a company on the New York Stock Exchange, Mary Kay Ash has a life story that reads like a Barbara Taylor Bradford novel Growing up in Depression-era...
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Saving GraceSaving Grace is a deeply moving and candid memoir that chronicles the emotional journey of a mother, Aimee Eberle, as she navigates her daughter Grace's battle with anorexia. Written in alternating voices, this powerful narrative offers a raw and honest look at the mental...
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Saving Five: A Memoir of HopeWith a new afterword by the author and an interview with Chanel Miller. An Instant New York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Natalie Portman's Book Club Pick for March."Amanda's story--innovatively told by versions of herself at different ages--underscores...
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Salt, Sweat & Steam: The Fiery Education of an Accidental ChefHigh pressure. Hot kitchens. A memoir of ambition, belonging, and coming-of-age in America's premiere culinary school. "Her fast-moving coming-of-age memoir will appeal to anyone who's been curious about culinary school."--Eater "What truly makes Salt, Sweat & Steam exceptional is that it is told from...
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Sage Warrior: Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become VictoryProfound inner wisdom for courageous action--from the author of See No Stranger and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a "prophetic voice of our generation" (America Ferrera) How do we find the wisdom to envision a new world and the courage to fight for...
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Roy Orbison: King of HeartsThe definitive biography of one of music history's most beloved, versatile, unforgettable icons--Roy Orbison, the singer-songwriter of legendary hits including "Only the Lonely," "Crying," and "Oh, Pretty Woman"--from his chart-topping highs and tragic lows to his momentous comeback. He didn't look, move, or sound...
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ResidualWriting alongside the specter of premature death, Tisa Bryant traces the contours of Black women's interior lives and domestic spaces through meditations on literature, cinema, installations, and archival research to reaffirm her own way of being.In the long aftermath of her mother's death, Tisa...
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Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final DaysA compellingly candid memoir that details Jackson's life in seclusion, by the bodyguards who were with him in his final days - with a new introduction to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Michael Jackson's death . Hounded by the tabloid media, driven from his...
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Raising Athena: A Mother and Daughter Attend West Point Thirty Years ApartThe hardest conflict to face is the one within. MyLinh Shattan is no stranger to conflict, from evacuating during the fall of Saigon to reporting to West Point shortly after it accepts women. But when her daughter, Cara, becomes a West Point cadet, she...
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Rachel Carson: Witness for NatureRachel Carson's Silent Spring, published in 1962, did more than any other single publication to alert the world to the hazards of environmental poisoning and to inspire a powerful social movement that would alter the course of American history. This definitive, sweeping biography shows...
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