Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile EditionIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve them. In 1936, Victor Hugo Green published the first...
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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A BiographyTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation--and reasserted the power of rock and roll "[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and...
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The Mysterious Voyage of Captain KiddA difficult mission, a mutinous crew, treacherous waters, and merchant ships bearing cargoes of gold, silk, diamonds and rubies...all awaited Captain William Kidd as he found himself caught up in the doomed voyage of the Adventure Galley. But did this well-respected seaman, familiar to...
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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 Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of MotherhoodNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A long overdue reality check." --Oprah Daily "Honest, unapologetic, and brutally funny." --Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter A Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by Oprah Daily, Town & Country, and Brit + Co Belletrist Book Club Pick The...
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The Mamba Mentality: How I PlayThe Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant's personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game--a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar. In the wake of his retirement...
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The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American StreetA riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees - all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and, simultaneously, rising hopes for...
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The Living Mountain"In a world of self-help, this is true inspiration, deeply admirable without the distance of heroism, bracing without stridency and, ultimately, generous. The mountain, Shepherd tells us, is 'a corrective of glib assessment.' So is its book." --The New York Times Book Review An...
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The Last Secret Agent: My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi LinesAfter decades of silence, the last surviving World War II spy operating in the deadly world of Nazi France, reveals the real, untold story of her time as a secret agent.From a unique and singular voice comes the incredible true story of the last...
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The Last of the Poor Boys: An Exciting Adventure in Living 1934-to ? Mountaineers are always free!The Last of the Poor Boys is the entertaining and exciting story of a coal mine camp boy that grew up in the "hills and hollers" of West Virginia during the early years of the twentieth Century.Author Micky Graham elegantly tells a story starting...
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and FantasyFeaturing a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction. "We...
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The Invisible Spy: Churchill's Rockefeller Center Spy Ring and America's First Secret Agent of World War IIThe untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill's undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben...
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The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New LifeA profoundly moving, ground-breaking biography that challenges the established narrative to reveal the Brontë family as they've never been seen before. Charlotte Brontë had a life as seemingly dramatic as her heroine Jane Eyre. Turning her back on her tragic past, Charlotte reinvented herself...
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner PartyFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier"An ideal pairing of talent and material. ... Engrossing. ... A deft and ambitious storyteller." -- Mary Roach, New York Times...
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The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for PresidentFrom the acclaimed author of What the Ermine Saw and Behaving Badly, a portrait of Victoria Woodhull, a celebrated and maligned 19th-century businesswoman and activist, and a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and labor reforms. In 1894, a remarkably self-possessed American woman,...
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The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and BordersFinalist for the Palestine Book Awards A brush with death. An ancestral haunting. A century of family secrets. Sarah Aziza's searing, genre-bending memoir traces three generations of diasporic Palestinians from Gaza to the Midwest to New York City--and back "You were dead, Sarah, you...
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten BoomOver two million copies sold! The triumphant true story of one courageous Christian woman who became a militant heroine of the anti-Nazi underground. "I pray that God forgive them..." Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a concentration camp matron...
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The Greatest Comeback Ever: Inside Trump's Big Beautiful CampaignAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!VIBE SHIFT! National Bestselling author Joe Concha hip checks the mainstream media to deliver the juicy truth about this important moment in history. Lawfare. Assassination attempts. Kamala's coronation. Nearly $3 billion in campaign cash. Liberals were so scared of...
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The Golf 100: A Spirited Ranking of the Greatest Players of All TimeA rollicking ranking of the greatest golfers of all time, past and present, brimming with the intimate stories and perspective only a longtime golf writer like Michael Arkush can muster. So, who's the best of 'em all? Tiger Woods? Jack Nicklaus? Bobby Jones? Ben...
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The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World ChampionThe uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon.Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's toughest triathlon, using only her arms to finish a 2.4...
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