Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War IINEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The remarkable story of James Howard "Billy" Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill...
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Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket IslandHere is one of the classics of modern Gaelic literature--the autobiography of Peig Sayers, a remarkable woman who lived forty years at the edge of survival on barren Great Blasket Island, and who came to be recognized as one of the last of Ireland's...
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The Only Way Forward Is Back: A Story of War, Adoption, and Finding Your Purpose in God's PlanWar orphan Jackson TerKeurst's remarkable story of adoption and faith teaches us to notice God's presence in our lives so we can look toward the future with hope. The son of a town chief. The grandson of a witch doctor. An orphan, a war...
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Tim BurtonThe evolution of the iconic filmmaker's creative practice, from childhood sketches to his mature oeuvreTim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic,...
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The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn't: The Story Of The Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band To Ever Come Out Of The Pacific Northwest, The ScreamiIn 1992, the Screaming Trees were expected to become the next big band to come out of the Seattle music scene during the heyday of grunge. Except it never happened. It wasn't because the band didn't have great songs-indeed, the Trees were revered for...
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & TreacheryNew York Times bestselling author, Newbery Honor recipient, and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin presents both the heroism and the treachery of one of the Revolutionary War's most infamous players in his biography of Benedict Arnold. Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award...
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The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It AllFrom the host of NPR's Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to...
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Mom & Me & MomNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A moving memoir about the legendary author's relationship with her own mother. Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick!The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the...
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#Butgod: The Power of Hope When Catastrophe Crashes in"Sir, your sons have been in a car accident. How quickly can you get here?"Join Pastor Jeremy Freeman as he shares how the harrowing phone call that no parent wants to receive would lead to a miraculous outcome that only God could deliver.When Jeremy...
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Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Lyric Book(Book). Jimi Hendrix was such an extraordinary guitarist, it can be easy to forget that just as much passion, soul, and precision went into his lyrics. Inspired by Bob Dylan, Hendrix was a fearless lyrical innovator, willing to let his imagination guide him to...
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At 30, I Realized I Had No GenderAt age 30, Shou Arai (he/him) came to a realization; he had no gender. Now he was faced with a question he'd never really considered: how to age in a society where everything is so strongly segregated between two genders? This autobiographical manga explores...
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Certified Beauties: More of Hockey's Greatest Untold StoriesWith its unpredictability, brutality, and camaraderie, hockey is full of great stories. And great characters. Certified Beauties is a new collection of the most compelling, hilarious, and heartwarming inside hockey stories--the ones that the players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN's James...
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Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the ReaderThe essays in Selected Misdemeanors are unapologetic word grenades lobbed into an otherwise complacent forgetfulness. Throughout the collection, Sue William Silverman focuses on pivotal, often fleeting moments that defined the course of her life, such as a fraught family vacation; an evening watching the...
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In True Face: A Woman's Life in the Cia, UnmaskedIn this "extraordinarily brave and entertaining book" (Sonia Purnell, New York Times-bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance), the bestselling coauthor of Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War Jonna Mendez began...
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Lionel Messi (Revised Edition)Discover how Lionel Messi became an international superstar in this updated edition!Revised and updated! As the biggest star in the world's most popular sport, Lionel "Leo" Messi is an international celebrity. But in many ways, he's just a regular guy.Readers will learn about Leo's...
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Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of InventionsCelebrate Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker, in this inspiring STEM picture book biography about the maker of one of the world's favorite toys. You know the Super Soaker. It's one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely...
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Jack Hinson's One-Man WarThe true story of one man's reluctant but relentless war against the invaders of his country.Winner of the General Nathan Bedford Forrest Southern History Award Finalist, History, National Best Books Awards, USA Book NewsJack Hinson never planned to become a deadly sniper. A quiet,...
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How the Hell Did I Not Know That?: My Midlife Year from Couch to CuriosityA witty memoir about the power of curiosity and learning how to laugh at inappropriate thingsAuthor: Lucie FrostPublisher: Trinity University PressPublished: 08/26/2025Pages: 258Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70dISBN: 9781595343185Review Citation(s): Library Journal 04/18/2025 pg. 1About the AuthorLucie Frost retired as a...
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The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father's MadnessOne cold night in April, Natasha's father drove his car into the frigid water of New York Bay with her two-year-old half-sister in the backseat. She was the one to walk him past the column of hungry reporters demanding an explanation.The headline in The...
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Message To The People HardcoverThis fascinating distillation of a great leader's experience is published here Author: Marcus GarveyPublisher: Lushena Books IncPublished: 06/09/2017Pages: 176Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dISBN: 9781639234103This title is not returnable
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