Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Hotel Splendide"Truly a great book--unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre... Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better." --Anthony Bourdain Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author...
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Hockey Legends AlphabetFrom Wayne Gretzky to Alexander Ovechkin, Maurice Richard to Sidney Crosby, Hockey Legends Alphabet brings together history's quintessential superstars of the sport. Strikingly illustrated, Hockey Legends Alphabet is a chillingly good read for all hockey fans, and an inspiring handbook for youngsters strapping on...
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisHillbilly Elegy recounts J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as a U.S. Senator from Ohio and the Republican Vice Presidential candidate for the 2024 election, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust...
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Here After: A MemoirA USA Today BestsellerStarred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Library JournalBest Book of 2024 Pick by Esquire, ELLE, SheReads, and Kirkus A 2024 NPR "Book We Love" Pick A March 2024 Book of the Month SelectionAn Apple Books Best Book of March Finalist for...
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt CobainThe New York Times bestseller and the definitive portrait of Kurt Cobain--as relevant as ever, as we remember the impact of Cobain on our culture twenty-five years after his death--now with a new preface and an additional final chapter from acclaimed author Charles R....
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Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African AmericansThe story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. In Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson's stirring paintings and words grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book--a beautiful gift for readers of all ages, a treasure...
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Harry Styles: A Little Golden Book BiographyDream big with a Little Golden Book biography about superstar singer, actor, and fashion icon, Harry Styles. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as fans of all ages! This Little Golden Book about Harry Styles--the world...
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Harpo Speaks!"Adolph Marx [Harpo] squashed his formal education at the age of eight when he was dumped out of the 2nd grade window at P.S. 86 for the last time by two Irish classmates. He never went back. But his informal education blossomed on the...
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Grow Healthier as You Grow Older by the Father of Aerobics: How a Life Devoted to Preventive Medicine Fostered the Global Fitness RevolutionGrow Healthier as You Grow Older is a personal look at the history of the fitness revolution, a guide for preventive health and fitness to improve the quality and quantity of your life, and an inspirational account of Dr. Kenneth Cooper's lifelong dedication to...
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Greyhound: A MemoirCombining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives when we feel purposeless In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock traveled by...
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Good Talk: A Memoir in ConversationsNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "beautiful and eye-opening" (Jacqueline Woodson), "hilarious and heart-rending" (Celeste Ng) graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF...
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Good Jewish Girl: A Jerusalem Love Story Gone BadLiz Shulman isn't the first author to narrate her breakup with Israel. But she does so with humor, decency and painful honesty-a spirit that will move readers of all ideological stripes.-Peter Beinart, author of Being Jewish After the Destruction of GazaRefreshingly raw and captivating...
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God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks about Life on Sapelo IslandEqual parts cultural history and memoir, God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man recounts a traditional way of life--that of the Geechee Indians of Sapelo Island-- that is threatened by change, with stories that speak to our deepest notions of family, community, and a...
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Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a GenerationThe galvanizing true story of a group of remarkable women in the 1970s male-run world of business, banking, and finance. They didn't play by the rules. They changed them and made history.In the 1970s, a new wave of feminism was sweeping America. But in...
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Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power KitchenNamed a Best Cookbook of 2022 by Barnes & Noble Named a Best Cookbook of Fall 2022 by Food & Wine, Forbes, Philadelphia Inquirer, Publishers Weekly, The Takeout, and more An American Library Association CODES Essential Cookbook of the YearShortlisted for The Art of...
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Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to SeeAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY NPR, TIME, AND THE ECONOMIST"Get the Picture is one of the funniest books I've read . . . Brilliant." --The Washington Post "A gripping and often hilarious investigation into the art world....
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Genie: A Scientific Tragedy"A tragic tale of obsession, exploitation, and lost souls. And the questions Rymer poses about human experience and experiments on humans make the story both intellectually absorbing and emotionally disturbing. Genie is a wondrous feat of storytelling and investigative journalism, compulsively readable while forcing...
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the EvergladesA New York Times Editors' Choice"Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR"Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." -- The New York Times"This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best...
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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's EmpireA groundbreaking journey tracing America's forgotten path to global power--and how its legacies shape our world today--told through the extraordinary life of a complicated Marine."The book is far more extraordinary than even the life of Smedley Butler... a compelling and insightful meditation on the...
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Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in AmericaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir This Random House Reader's Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled...
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