Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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PassportAn unforgettable graphic memoir by debut talent Sophia Glock reveals her discovery as a teenager that her parents are agents working for the CIA. Young Sophia has lived in so many different countries, she can barely keep count. Stationed now with her family in...
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Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero and Pioneer of Big Wave SurfingFrom surfer and writer Stuart Holmes Coleman, Eddie Would Go is the compelling story of Eddie Aikau's legendary life and legacy, a pipeline into the exhilarating world of surfing, and an important chronicle of the Hawaiian Renaissance and the emergence of modern Hawaii.In the...
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Seen: Rachel CarsonThe second original graphic novel in a new series spotlighting the true stories of the real groundbreakers who changed our world for the better. Booklist Starred Review "Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of...
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It's Her Story Ida B. Wells a Graphic Novel: A Graphic NovelA graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Ida B. Wells was a groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist in the decades after the Civil War. She worked fiercely for the equal treatment of Black people in schools, in society, and at the...
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Far and Near: On Days Like TheseNow in trade paper Whether navigating the backroads of Louisiana or Thuringia, exploring the snowy Quebec woods, or performing onstage at Rush concerts, Neil Peart has stories to tell. His first volume in this series, Far and Away, combined words and images to form...
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Gifted Hands, Revised Kids Edition: The Ben Carson StoryFrom Inner-City Nobody to Brilliant Neurosurgeon When Ben Carson was in school, his classmates called him the class dummy. Many--including Ben himself--doubted that he would ever amount to anything. But his mother never let him quit. She encouraged Ben to do better and reach...
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The Spiritual Lives of the Great ComposersThis is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.Author: Patrick KavanaughPublisher: ZondervanPublished: 03/19/1996Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80dISBN: 9780310208068About the AuthorKavanaugh, Patrick: -...
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First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American WomenA look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historiansC-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image, featured interviews with more than fifty preeminent historians and biographers. In this informative book, these experts...
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Jane Austen: My First Jane Austen [Board Book]This board book version of Jane Austen--from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series--introduces the youngest dreamers to this great British novelist. Little Jane was born into a large family with seven brothers and sisters. She grew up reading and writing stories in...
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Great Lives in Graphics: Frida KahloGreat Lives in Graphics: Frida Kahlo is a graphic retelling of Frida's story which gives children a colorful snapshot of her life and the world she grew up in, while educating them on everything from the Mexican revolution to the importance of self-belief.You may...
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Great Lives in Graphics: Martin Luther KingUsing colorful infographics, this book presents over 250 facts about Martin Luther King Jr, a minister who campaigned for the rights of African Americans during America's Civil Rights Movement. This graphic retelling of his story gives children a visual snapshot of his life and...
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Carroll Shelby: The Authorized BiographyWritten with Carroll Shelby's full collaboration and with a foreword by Edsel B. Ford II, the great-grandson of Henry Ford, this is the definitive record of America's preeminent twentieth century sports car builder and racer--now in paperback. It was motoring author Rinsey Mills' passion...
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Short & SkinnyNew from syndicated comic strip artist Mark Tatulli comes a full-color middle grade graphic memoir that centers on Mark's own experience in the summer after seventh grade. As a middle schooler, Mark finds himself on the smaller side of the physical spectrum--being short AND...
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Bob Dylan: No Direction HomeThis lavishly illustrated and thoughtfully abridged edition of THE classic book on Dylan--published to coincide with Dylan's 80th birthday (May 24, 1941)--is a must for all Dylan aficionados. Robert Shelton met Bob Dylan when the young singer arrived in New York in 1960, becoming...
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Fire Road: The Napalm Girl's Journey Through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and PeaceGet out Run We must leave this place They are going to destroy this whole place Go, children, run first Go now These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames--before napalm bombs fell from the sky,...
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Here I Stand: A Life of Martin LutherThe Reformation of the sixteenth century was a vast and complicated movement. It involved kings and peasants, cardinals and country priests, monks and merchants. It spread from one end of Europe to the other, and manifested itself in widely differing forms. Yet in spite...
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Spinoza: A LifeBaruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza's life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza's...
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Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces . . .A ROCK AND ROLL MEMOIR FROM GLYN JOHNS, THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER FEATURED IN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY SERIES The Beatles: Get Back "Few figures in rock history have a more impressive résumé than Glyn Johns...[Sound Man] is full of amazing anecdotes from his fifty-year career."--Rolling...
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Slaves in the FamilyMore than twenty years after this celebrated work of narrative nonfiction won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, Slaves in the Family is reissued by FSG Classics, with a new preface by the author.The Ball family hails from South...
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Mary Anning Breaks New Ground: Courageous Kid of PaleontologyIn 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million...
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