Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Lessons from the Admiral: Naval Wisdom and Sea Stories for LeadersAs the aide for a navy admiral more than thirty years ago, Mark C. Fava learned valuable lessons that were formative in his emergence as a thoughtful and successful leader. Now a vice president at the world's largest aerospace company and a career aviation...
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Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the WorldIn Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin--"one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea" (American Heritage)--tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago...
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Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full SpeedA life story told in discrete, arresting snapshots of despair, resilience, creativity, and hope, Joe Andoe's literary portrait of his time to date on earth is as powerful as a heavyweight's hook and as spellbinding as a major crack-up on the opposite side of...
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Joyful Recollections of TraumaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND BOOKLISTAN AUDIE AWARD FINALIST"Paul Scheer delivers a deeply funny, personal and moving account of how joy and pain are the perfect ingredients for a happy and funny life."--Amy Poehler"It's a hilarious...
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Journey of a Thousand Miles: An Extraordinary LifeBorn into poverty in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Ruey Yu overcame near-starvation during the Second World War. Destiny, however, had other plans for him: he was to become an award-winning biochemist, then the co-founder of what would soon become the multi-million-dollar skin care company NeoStrata. After...
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John Hodiak: The Life and Career on Film, Stage and RadioHe became a star overnight as surly, sexy, usually shirtless Kovac in Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). Handsome and personable, John Hodiak (1914-1955) embraced his heritage as the son of Polish-Ukrainian immigrants, making him a rare Golden Age actor whose true ethnicity (and birth name) were...
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John Barleycorn: Alcoholic MemoirsPublished in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics...
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Jim!: Six True Stories about One Great Artist: James MarshallA picture book biography of the late, great James Marshall--illustrator of Miss Nelson is Missing and the George and Martha series--and as clever, delightful, and daring as Jim himself Author and illustrator James Marshall let kids in on the joke. He knew little kids...
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J. D. Vance: From Rural America to the White HouseAlthough J. D. Vance hasn't been in the political sphere for long, the former US senator became the vice-presidential pick in 2024 and was elected alongside President Donald Trump. Born in Middletown, Ohio, Vance went through many hardships in life. His mother had a...
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Jack Hughes: Hockey SuperstarThis book dives deep into the life and career of New Jersey Devils prodigy Jack Hughes. The book also includes a table of contents, a map of where Hughes's biggest accomplishments took place, a list of Hughes's accolades, additional resource links, a glossary, and...
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It Started with a Turtle: One Man's Life on a Blue & Green PlanetAuthor: Dr Kevin FitzgeraldPublisher: Archway PublishingPublished: 01/23/2025Pages: 486Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 6.22h x 9.21w x 1.65dISBN: 9781665764162
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It's In Our BonesAuthor: Bart BaileyPublisher: Courage to CarePublished: 01/24/2025Pages: 190Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52dISBN: 9798990839403
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It's Her Story Billie Jean King: A Graphic NovelA graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Billie Jean King is an iconic tennis champion and activist who changed the world of women's sports. She was named the world's top-ranked female tennis player six times and won thirty-nine Grand Slam titles. As...
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Itching to Love: The Story of a DogA beloved NPR storyteller and award-winning author discovers life after kids when a neighbor's dog steals her things--and her heart--in this hilarious and uplifting memoir. In this hilarious memoir, award-winning author Shelley Fraser Mickle takes readers on a humorous yet heartwarming and intimate journey...
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Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen BrothersInvisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country's largest railroad system--a network of...
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Invisible Blackness: A Louisiana Family in the Age of Racial PassingInvisible Blackness explores the complex lives of Creoles of mixed race born in Louisiana to enslaved women and the white men who enslaved them. Individuals such as Alice Thomasson Grice forged their own identities--and often reinvented themselves--within the increasingly strict racial order of antebellum...
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Intimos, LosAuthor: Marta SanzPublisher: AnagramaPublished: 12/03/2024Pages: 504Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.43w x 1.02dISBN: 9788433927217Language: Spanish
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In the Days of Billy the Kid: The Lives and Times of Jos? Ch?vez Y Ch?vez, Juan Patr?n, Mart?n Ch?vez, and Yginio SalazarThe legend of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War remains prominent in the annals of American frontier history, but for men like Jos? Ch?vez y Ch?vez, Juan Patr?n, Mart?n Ch?vez, and Yginio Salazar, it was merely one famous epoch in a much...
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Interpreting R. G. CollingwoodAn indisputably prominent figure in twentieth-century philosophy, R. G. Collingwood often remains elusive even to those who admire his achievements. This volume of new essays aims to reintroduce Collingwood to twenty-first-century philosophical readers and to show why, and how, his achievements matter. Each essay...
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Inside the Mind of Rose West: Wife, Mother, MonsterRose West was, on the face of it, a mother living with her family in a semi in Gloucester. But behind closed doors, she was a monstrous killer who, with husband Fred, killed at least a dozen women and girls, including her own daughter...
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