Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Gary Snyder: Essential Prose (Loa #391)In one volume, the indispensable prose of our "poet laureate of deep ecology" Here is Gary Snyder's own selection of his pathbreaking environmental essays, Buddhist journals, poetic notebooks, and more, including previously uncollected material Gathered for the first time in a single volume and...
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Gambler: Secrets from a Life at RiskNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "This book is going to become the sports gambling bible...The formula's in the book." --Pat McAfee "The greatest and most controversial sports gambler ever" (ESPN) Billy Walters shares his "rollicking and edgy life story" (The Wall Street Journal)--revealing the...
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From the Outhouse to the Penthouse: The Football Journey of Hall of Famer Larry Little"I think that Larry Little was a guy you could count on, play in, and play out. He was going to be the first one up the hill. . . come hell or high water." - Larry Csonka, Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame Running...
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From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry--Delores Churchill's Memories of Learning to WeaveHaida weaver, Delores Churchill, shares the stories of her life, her culture and the importance of passing traditional knowledge from one generation to the next. Told with humility, humor and deep respect, From a Square to a Circle is a testament to the values...
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Freedom Village: A MemoirSome say it was a religious cult. Some say it was a God-ordained ministry. Some say it saved them. Some say it ruined their lives.Mary Rosenberger was born and raised at Freedom Village USA. From the outside, it appeared to be a troubled teen...
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Free Creations of the Human Mind: The Worlds of Albert EinsteinA nuanced portrait of Albert Einstein, a world citizen pivotally engaged in politics, humanitarianism, and science.Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was the most influential scientist of the twentieth century, and his influence shows little sign of abating. His work comprises of much of today's understanding of...
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Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All OverAs a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America....
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Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier JusticeTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Tom Clavin's Follow Me to Hell is the explosive true story of how legendary Ranger Leander McNelly and his men brought justice to a lawless Texan frontier. In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly...
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Following Atticus: Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary FriendshipSet against the backdrop of New Hampshire's White Mountains, a man and a dog embark on the challenge of a lifetime in this true story of love, loss, and the resilience of the human and animal spirit. After a close friend died of cancer,...
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First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country"Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." -- James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th Secretary...
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Finding Ruby: The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family's Fervent IdealismRichard Rothman never knew his grandfather, who left behind a wife and young daughter to fight-and die-in the Spanish Civil War. What drove a young, idealistic New Yorker with everything to live for to leave it all behind? This lucid investigation into a family...
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FiguringNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE AND BOOKPAGE Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries--beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the...
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Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin OldsFighter Pilot is the memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force, Robin Olds. Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football...
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Fields to Fortune: The True Story of How a Farmhand Built a Global EmpireFields to Fortune: The True Story of How a Farmhand Built a Global Empire is a powerful blueprint for anyone looking to make a global impact and scale their business. Moses teaches four life-changing concepts he calls the 4 G's: God, Goals, Grind, and...
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F*ck You, Watch MeF*ck You, Watch MeA Journey from Burnout to BecomingElaine Brewer's story begins where so many women find themselves: unraveling beneath a life that looks perfect on the outside-while silently falling apart inside. After years of overperforming, over-giving, and disappearing into everyone else's needs, she...
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Exquisite Moments of Sorrow and Grace"Reading these stories brought me right back to Bellevue's ER, the feelings and the sounds, the sights and smells. Weinberg has a gift for weaving a tapestry of patient tales while pulling on our heartstrings." --Julie Holland, MD, and author, Weekends at Bellevue, Nine...
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece the Sun Also Rises"Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white." -- James Wolcott, Vanity Fair "An...
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our FuturesTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal...
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Emily Dickinson Face to Face"Emily Dickinson springs to life in this remarkable, long-out-of-print biography written by her niece . . . Though millions of pages have been written about Dickinson . . . few have provided such a thrilling close-up portrait. Readers will be rapt from the first...
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El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval MercenaryExploring the creation of the El Cid legend over the centuries, this masterful and evocative biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the real-life historical figure. El Cid was perhaps the most famous warrior involved in the indiscriminate fighting--irrespective of religion--on the...
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