Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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JEANIE out of the BOTTLEDiscover a heartwarming and courageous story in Jeanie Out of the Bottle, an inspiring memoir from a 94-year-old woman reflecting on her formative years with Victorian-era grandparents and a war-torn London. This deeply personal narrative reveals truths about her parents' struggles that shaped her...
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Jane Austen: A LifeWith the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the past two hundred years. In Jane Austen, Shields follows this superb and...
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I Thought You Had RetiredAfter a thirty year career, I retired to live the good life. Within a few months I had completed a lot of tasks that had been waiting. However, hunting season was coming on and the desire to return to the field was strong. The...
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It Goes So Fast: The Year of No Do-OversAn Instant New York Times BestsellerOperating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic--about the year before her son goes to college--and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along...
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I Regret Almost EverythingThe entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood to his serendipitous...
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Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black GeneralsThis amazing true story of America's first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen, is "the book Black America needs in this moment" (Eboni K. Williams, lawyer and...
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Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist PhysicianA remarkable autobiography of Alice Rothchild's journey from 1950's good girl to irreverent, feisty, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist forging her own direction in the contradictory, sexist world of medicine A remarkable autobiography--written entirely in free verse--of Alice Rothchild's journey from 1950's good girl to irreverent, feisty,...
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In Passing. Scenes from an Unconventional LifeThese charming sketches are a refreshing break from the commonplace affairs of ordinary life. They include a humorous encounter in a Bronx hardware store, a walk around the thirty-two-mile shore of Manhattan, a jolly portrayal of an English cattery, lyric evocations of his life...
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Influencing Death: Reframing Dying for Better LivingA hospice nurse's unflinching look at life, death, and redemption.Death is undeniable and unavoidable. We must accept it; there is no other choice. But coming to terms with our mortality can profoundly influence how we live-and how we die. Having been a hospice nurse...
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Incredible Stories for Inquisitive Kids: Captivating Tales for Young Readers from History, Science & The Crazy World We Live InUnlock a World of Fascination of Incredible True Stories for Your Curious Child!Do you want your child to be captivated by true stories that ignite their imagination and expand their understanding of the world?Are you searching for a book that will make reading fun...
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Inadvertidos: Personajes bíblicos no tan conocidosLa Biblia menciona much simos personajes que a lo largo de la historia tuvieron papeles transcendentes. Muchos de ellos renombrados -Abraham, David, Jos , Pablo-, y por lo tanto conocidos, pero existen muchos otros que hoy d a pasan inadvertidos.En estas p ginas la...
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Imagine Emma: A father's grief journeyEvery year, 2,200 families in Canada experience the loss of a child under the age of fifteen. Twenty-five years after the sudden death of his two-year-old daughter, Emma, Rick Johnston has written Imagine Emma: A Father's Grief Journey as a life-affirming book to support...
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I'll Look So Hot in a Coffin: And Other Thoughts I Used to Have about My BodyAn intimate, irreverent memoir about one woman's experience living with a deformity, and her quest to find freedom and joy in her body. Carla Sosenko was born with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, a rare vascular disorder that resulted in legs of different sizes, a mass of...
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I'll Do It Myself: Rebuilding My Life After Serious Brain InjuryWhat happens when life throws you a curveball and you end up in a coma?You fight damn hard to rebuild your life, that's what.Sandra Hubert was 31 years of age and heavily pregnant with her third child when she contracted viral encephalitis and was...
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I Lived to Tell the Story: A Memoir of Love, Legacy, and ResilienceA powerful and heartfelt memoir of perseverance and triumph over tragedy from Tamika D. Mallory, trailblazing social justice leader and cofounder of the Women's March. In this candid and defiant memoir, a follow-up to her "masterful" (Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times bestselling author)...
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I Felt the Cheers: The Remarkable Silent Life of Curtis PrideFrom the deaf baseball legend and MLB Ambassador for Inclusion, a powerful anthem of ability diversity and overcoming the odds for readers of Nyle DiMarco's Deaf Utopia and sports memoirs such as Imperfect by Jim Abbott, Des Linden's Choosing to Run, and Limitless by...
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I Did It for Her"Her final words were a promise I knew I had to keep. I have to tell the story...MY story." Daisy experienced trauma and violence in her home from a young age: abuse as a child, gang membership, and intimate partner violence. It was everywhere...
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I Did a New Thing: 30 Days to Living FreeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"America's Mom" Tabitha Brown presents an inspirational guide for encouraging positive changes in your life--one day and one challenge at a time.I did a new thing today!Years ago, Tabitha Brown started a 30-day personal challenge that she called "I Did a...
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Identity Theft, Second Edition: Rediscovering Ourselves After StrokeIdentity Theft, Second Edition is an award-winning book that follows Stanford professor Debra Meyerson's journey to recover from a severe stroke that initially left her physically incapacitated and unable to speak. In addition to providing realistic expectations for the hard work needed to regain...
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How to Sell Out: The (Hidden) Cost of Being a Black WriterA timely, vulnerable, and cutting-edge exploration of the pressures and pitfalls of writing while Black in America in this urgently needed addition to the national conversation of race, money, and art. In the summer of 2020, when the nation was erupting in protest over...
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