Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Dolly!: The Story of Dolly Parton and Her Big DreamA rhythmically told and vibrantly illustrated picture book biography of Dolly Parton: an American icon beloved by all. You've likely heard of the performer Dolly Parton. But do you know where this dazzling songwriter and musician draws her roots? As one of twelve children...
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Doc Holliday: A Family PortraitJohn H. Holliday, D. D. S., better known as Doc Holliday, has become a legendary figure in the history of the American West. In Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait, Karen Holliday Tanner reveals the real man behind the legend. Shedding light on Holliday's early...
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DK Super Readers Level 4 Dolly PartonHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the life of the celebrated singer, actor and philanthropist with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 3: Dolly Parton offers a sensitive account of...
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Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens: ReportageWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE! The only nonfiction work by Krasznahorkai available in English, a bracing account of traveling through China at the turn of the 21st century Known for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, László Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European...
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Dersu the TrapperVladimir Klavdievich Arseniev (1872-1930) undertook twelve major scientific expeditions between 1902 and 1930 in the Siberian Far East, and authored some sixty works from the geographical, geological, botanical, and ethnographic data he amassed. Among these, Dersu the Trapper has earned a privileged place in...
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Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable BondsIn this "incendiary" memoir, a woman fights the criminal justice system to release her incarcerated sister after she kills her longtime abuser (Publishers Weekly). In September 2017, a knock on the door upends Michelle Horton's life: she learns that her sister has just shot...
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Dead Man Walking: Graphic EditionIn this graphic adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean's bestselling memoir, acclaimed artist Catherine Anyango Grünewald and writer Rose Vines bring to striking visual life the story of a nun who becomes a fierce advocate against the death penalty. "The now legendary story of Dead...
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Dead and Alive: Essays"Smart, somber...There's pleasure in watching a novelist wired to see all sides at once wrangle with her own dynamic subjectivity." - The New York Times Book Review A profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays In this...
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Days of Memory: Listening to Jewish Italians who lived through Fascism and the HolocaustIt takes victims, blood, and years to rid a country of tyranny. Those are words of a Jewish Italian woman who lived during Fascism and the Holocaust. Italian Fascism was thuggish and promised order during the chaotic post World War I period. But in...
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression. "Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder ... It offers the solace of a shared experience."--The New York TimesA work...
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Crying in H Mart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American--"in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself" (NPR). -...
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Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney"Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing." --Publishers WeeklyFrom celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johnson, an enlightening look at the imagination and drive of visionaries who have changed our world.Paul...
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Courageous World Changers: 50 True Stories of Daring Women of GodWINNER OF CHRISTIANITY TODAY'S 2021 BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH Women of Fearless Faith Meet women who have used their God-given talents to live out their faith to the fullest. They come from a variety of backgrounds, eras, and ethnicities, but each one...
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Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and PicturesAn intimate, rollicking highly-visual memoir of a comedic genius that offers a rare glimpse into the creative life and inner workings of legendary director producer Judd Apatow through never-before-seen photos, letters and behind-the-scenes stories "Judd Apatow has put together an amazing scrapbook of his...
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Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical WorldFrom the age of thirteen when she began climbing, it was clear Lynn Hill had an unusual gift. Before long she was arguably the best rock climber in the world, establishing routes so bold and difficult that few others could follow. And in 1994,...
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Chocolate Cake is the Best Medicine: The Bond that Triumphed over a Near-Fatal Equine Accident"If there was ever a day when everything went right when everything had gone wrong, that was it."Life builds our resilience, shaping us through hardships we never imagined we could face. But each challenge becomes part of the training ground that prepares us for...
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Charles Dickens: A LifeAward-winning Claire Tomalin, author of A Life of My Own, sets the standard for sophisticated and popular biography, having written lives of Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Hardy, among others. Here she tackles the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England, Charles...
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Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of GoldChants of a Lifetime offers an intimate collection of stories, teachings, and insights from Krishna Das, who has been called "the chant master of American yoga" by the New York Times. Since 1994, the sound of his voice singing traditional Indian chants with a...
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Chaim Soutine: Genius, Obsession, and a Dramatic Life in ArtA revelatory biography of the Jewish expressionist painter that corrects the myths surrounding his work and proves his importance to the contemporary art world "It's not often that an art history book comes along so sharply perceptive about its subject and so grippingly written...
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Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language TeacherCarrie Cavender Schommer grew up in a home where Dakota was spoken, but going to school where everyone spoke English kept her from sharing her love of her Indigenous language. As an adult, Schommer spent decades teaching Dakota language and culture at the University...
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