Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 YearsCelebrate the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's masterpiece of American rock 'n' roll with this handsomely produced and stunningly illustrated volume. Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run: 50 Years is the definitive story of a landmark album in American rock music. In 1975, Bruce...
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Elvis - The Legend: The Authorized Book from the Official Graceland ArchiveElvis passed away in 1977 but his spirit lives on. His records still sell, his movies are still hugely popular and his concerts are still discussed by new generations of fans. The Elvis Presley estate has tens of thousands of photographs and miles of...
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Chasing Hope: A Reporter's LifeFrom New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism "This is the kind of memoir that changes the world. Read it."--Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry "Inspiring...May this...
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Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, and Charles LindberghJames Newton's Uncommon Friends is "a delightful portrayal of five great men who shared special friendships and common visions" (Booklist).Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, and Charles Lindbergh were twentieth century giants known personally by very few. In this compelling memoir, James...
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Recovery: Freedom from Our AddictionsA guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery "This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain...
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Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from MadnessNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness, and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition, but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful...
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information AgeWinner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics "We owe Claude Shannon a lot, and Soni & Goodman's book takes a big first step in paying that debt." --San Francisco Review of Books "Soni and Goodman are at their best when they...
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War IThis instant New York Times bestselling "dynamic detective story" (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world's greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers EditionNew York Times Bestseller - Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor! A gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in...
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The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune"This feast of a book . . . will captivate readers from its opening double-page spread. . . . Sweeping and grand, this personal take on a familiar story is an engaging success." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Leaving the docks of London on...
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Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American PilgrimageFirst published posthumously in 1987, Pauli Murray's Song in a Weary Throat was critically lauded, winning the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award among other distinctions. Yet Murray's name and extraordinary influence receded from view in the intervening years;...
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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla2018 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer,...
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Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. EvansFrom James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar. For...
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A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful DeadThe complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist--a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads, and for students of rock and the 1960s' counterculture. From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead...
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Complete and unabridged.)Booker T. Washington (April 18, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an African American educator, leader, author and orator and was an adviser to several US presidents. He was born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia, remembering"I cannot recall a single instance during...
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The Long Hard Road Out of HellThe 150,000-copy national bestselling autobiography of Marilyn Manson, America's most controversial celebrity icon, is offered with a bonus chapter not included in the hardcover. "By turns moving, funny, appalling, disturbing. . . . There has never been anything like it".--"Rolling Stone". 80 b&w photos....
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The Fire Next TimeA stirring, intimate reflection on the nature of race and American nationhood that has inspired generations of writers and thinkers, first published in 1963, the same year as the March on Washington "The finest essay I've ever read."--Ta-Nehisi Coates, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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The 50 Greatest Players in Detroit Lions HistoryA ranking of the top 50 players ever to play for the Detroit Lions, based on the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added to the Lions legacy, and the levels of statistical compilation and...
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Surf Is Where You Find It: The Wisdom of Waves, Any Time, Anywhere, Any WayThe saying goes, "The second best thing about surfing is talking about it afterward." Gerry Lopez, one of the most revered surfers of all time brings readers into the intimately personal sport with Surf Is Where You Find It, a collection of stories that...
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Screw Cancer: Becoming WholeNow, an FX limited series, Dying for Sex on Hulu, starring Michelle Williams as Molly and Jenny Slate as Nikki.From Molly Kochan, the subject of the popular acclaimed Wondery podcast Dying for Sex comes her honest, raw, and insightful memoir about love and loss,...
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