Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Reynolds PamphletThe Reynolds Pamphlet (1797) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton. Written while Hamilton was serving as Secretary of the Treasury, the Pamphlet was intended as a defense against accusations that Hamilton had conspired with James Reynolds to misuse funds meant to cover unpaid wages...
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Moving the Needle: How An Average Climber Can Do The Hardest Route In The WorldHow can an average climber do the hardest route in the world? Dave MacLeod wasn't even the best among his fellow rock climbers in Glasgow, until a sequence of key decisions and influences catalysed his progression from an unremarkable intermediate to one of the...
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Bon Jovi: Forever"As band members, you share a unique bond that no one else can truly understand, not even family. That brotherhood comes with a long career like ours. We all felt part of something special, trusted each other, and they trusted me. I never let...
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Alexander HamiltonThe #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. "Grand-scale biography at its best--thorough, insightful,...
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The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, the World's Most Versatile Genius"I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to have been born two or three centuries hence." -- Ben Franklin Was Benjamin Franklin an indispensable public servant or a cunning chameleon? A hard-headed entrepreneur or an opportunistic privateer? A devoted family man...
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Stephen Curry: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Never Gave UpThe Boy Who Never Gave Up is the inspiring true story of NBA superstar Stephen Curry. This Fully illustrated picture book biography tells the story of a young boy who many said was too short to play in high school, too weak to play...
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Out of AfricaSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the...
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Messi: A Boy Who Became A Star. Inspiring children book about Lionel Messi - one of the best soccer players in history. (Soccer Book For Kids)Messi: A Boy Who Became a StarThis is the inspiring children story of Lionel Messi, a boy who became a star.Born in a poor family, the small boy faced many obstacles in life, including a medical condition that prevented him from growing... But he...
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Julia Child's Kitchen: The Design, Tools, Stories, and Legacy of an Iconic SpaceJulia Child's Kitchen is a gorgeous dive into the beloved cookbook author and television star's favorite place in the world--her home kitchen--and how this space has influenced the ways we cook today. Foreword by Jacques Pépin This book, a beautifully designed tribute to Julia...
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The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We AreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "One of hip-hop's greatest MCs, unpacking his harrowing, remarkable journey in his own words, with enough insights for two lifetimes."--Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning songwriter, producer, director, and creator of In the Heights and Hamilton From one of our generation's most...
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy...
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Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and ConstitutionFrom Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a glimpse of her journey to the Court and an account of her approach to the Constitution Since her confirmation hearing, Americans have peppered Justice Amy Coney Barrett with questions. How has she adjusted to the Court?...
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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a StoreThe Year of Less In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt,...
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The Negro Motorist Green Book CompendiumYou've heard the tales, you've watched the movie, but have you seen The Green Book?During the dangerous days of Jim Crow segregation, it was difficult to be an African-American traveler, as hotels that would take you or restaurants that would serve you were few...
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The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death*** The insider's story of the lead prosecutor from the "Devil in the Desert" ABC News podcast and Anna Kendrick's Woman of the Hour movie *** Examining murder from an insider's perspective, Matt Murphy--a former senior deputy district attorney and current ABC News Legal...
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Storm of Steel: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)One of the great war memoirs, published here in a stunning Deluxe Edition for the centenary of World War I and the Battle of the Somme--and featuring a foreword by the New York Times bestselling author of Matterhorn A worldwide bestseller published shortly after...
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Ice Breakers: A Kids' Guide to Hockey and the Greatest Players Who Changed the GameMeet over 80 hockey icons and learn the ins and outs of the game in this accessible, illustrated guide for kids ages 8 to 12. Featuring a foreword by Jim Craig, a member of the legendary 1980 US Olympic hockey team, Ice Breakers is...
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Good Old BoyGOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD is a novel for young readers about a boy's adventures growing up in post-WWII Mississippi. Author Willie Morris, then editor of Harper's Magazine in New York, wrote GOOD OLD BOY when his son David, age ten, asked, "What...
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American HistoryThe Epic New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Texas Book Award Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award This stunning historical account of the forty-year...
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Bad to Blue: The True Story of a Chinatown Gangster Turned NYPD DetectiveIn this intimate and harrowing memoir, a former Chinese gang member tells the story of how he went from "bad to blue" by leaving the gang behind and becoming a New York City police detective.Nestled in the warm embrace of his immigrant grandmother, Mike...
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