Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your PassionsOne of the most decorated and celebrated women's basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring journey to teach readers how to live bravely, unapologetically, and with purpose. "Candace Parker has been a trailblazer on...
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The Broken King"There's a bridge of beautiful American prose--lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid--running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously Baldwin's worthy heir . . . An utterly immersive book."--Francisco Goldman, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey BoyFrom the author of Man Gone Down--a...
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The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented NonsenseWritten with style and heart by Wolverton Hill and illustrated with whimsical art by Laura Carlin, this love letter to Edward Lear brings him wonderfully to life for young readers. Edward Lear popularized the limerick as we know it and invented the modern literary...
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The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir: A Journey Beyond Healing, Hope, and the HumanA LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores--with searing insight and honesty--the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature...
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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel HistoryWINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD - A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party. Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream...
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The Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash NonfictionAuthor: Zoë BossierePublisher: Rose Metal PressPublished: 11/17/2020Pages: 276Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.70dISBN: 9781941628232Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 09/07/2020 pg. 48Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 12Library Journal 11/01/2020 pg. 91About the AuthorMoore, Dinty W.: - Dinty W. Moore is the author of the memoir...
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The ABCs of Black HistoryIn this New York Times Bestseller, B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans...
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Taylor Swift: Wildest Dreams, a BiographyA dazzling must-have picture book biography for the rabid Taylor Swift lover. Features illustrations of the pop icon, from childhood to fearless stardom, and the story of how she broke out to share her sparkle with the rest of the world.Since the release of...
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Taylor Swift: Superstar!Taylor Swift is a singer, songwriter, and superstar! Fans ages 4-6 will love learning about their favorite music icon in this Step 2 biography! The foil and glittery cover will make you feel like you're at an Eras concert! Is your child a Swiftie...
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Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the ErasAn instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! Dazzling. Incomparable. Unforgettable. The definitive book of Taylor Swift's fashion evolution. This gorgeous hardcover edition has gilded gold edges, foiled cover accents and colored endpapers. For Taylor Swift, fashion and music go hand-in-hand--each playing a...
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Survival in AuschwitzSurvival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his arrest as a member of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during the Second World War, and his incarceration in the Auschwitz concentration camp from...
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early LifeA repackaged edition of the revered author's spiritual memoir, in which he recounts the story of his divine journey and eventual conversion to Christianity.C. S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters,...
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that "can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist" (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the...
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Strong Roots: A Memoir of Food, Family, and UkraineWhen Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, award-winning Ukrainian chef and food writer Olia Hercules decided it was finally time to tell her story. Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary...
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Starting Somewhere: Community Organizing for Socially Awkward People Who've Had EnoughStarting Somewhere: Community Organizing for Socially Awkward People Who've Had Enough offers readers a crash course in organizing, educating, and agitating in the 21st Century. Written with a mix of incriminating anecdotes, personal retellings, and historical examples, Starting Somewhere is a first-person look at...
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Spurgeon: A BiographyThis book will meet the need of those completely ignorant of Spurgeon and his vast achievements, but will stir also the interest of all who value his unique ministry.Author: Arnold A. DallimorePublisher: Banner of Truth TrustPublished: 06/01/1987Pages: 8Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.30w...
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Sonny Boy: A MemoirThe Instant New York Times Bestseller - One of People Magazine's Top 10 Books of the Year "The rare celebrity memoir that's also a literary read. As funny as it is reflective, it shares stories behind Pacino's hardscrabble upbringing, classic films and journey to...
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Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery JourneysAn enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world--part travelogue, part memoir, part "excursions through death," by the author of Our Share of Night and "queen of horror" (Los Angeles Times) "Not a travelogue so much as a...
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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human SmugglingWINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION A TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 - An NPR Book We Love 2024 - A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 - A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024 "A work of...
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the CrematoryArmed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer...
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