Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Who Was Maya Angelou?Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of...
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Who Was Marie Curie?Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon...
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Who Is Willie Nelson?Learn how a boy from Texas with an early talent for music grew up to become one of the most legendary country artists of our time in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Willie Nelson showed interest and promise in...
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Who Is Shaun White?Read about American snowboarder Shaun White and his epic career in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series. Shaun White, known as "The Flying Tomato" because of his bright red hair, received his first snowboarding sponsorship by age seven. This was just the...
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Who Is Michael Phelps?Find out how a mischievous boy became a phenomenal swimmer and the greatest Olympian of all time in this inspiring addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who Was? series! Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven...
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Who Is Barack Obama?As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the author's bestselling beginning reader Barack Obama:...
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Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing But True Stories!Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball! Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson. Discover unforgettable...
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When I Was EightBestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at...
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What Would Dolly Do?: How to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone WorldA spirited homage to Dolly Parton that captures the unique humor, no-nonsense wisdom, flash, and sass of one of America's most iconic stars. One of twelve children raised in a shack in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Dolly Parton grew to become an...
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We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where...
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Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central HighIn this essential autobiographical account by one of the Civil Rights Movement's most powerful figures, Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine explores not only the oppressive force of racism, but the ability of young people to change ideas of race and identity....
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Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being SeenFrom the renowned director of Crazy Rich Asians and Wicked comes a powerful, inspiring memoir of belonging, creativity, and learning to see who you really are. "[Jon M. Chu] is a visionary. . . . He makes you believe you can do the impossible....
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Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four SeasonsNorthern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape has been bulldozed, subdivided, and built upon. Climate change warms the water of the Great Lakes at an alarming rate--Lake Superior is now the fastest-warming large body...
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Up from Slavery: New Large Print Edition"Up from Slavery" is an autobiography written by Booker T. Washington, an African American educator, author, and advisor to presidents of the United States. The book was first published in 1901 and provides a firsthand account of Washington's life, from his childhood in slavery...
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Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen WorkContaining the histories of over 600 overlooked or disregarded women, Uncredited is a testament to women's perseverance and the recognition they deserve for their accomplishments. Women's accomplishments across history are showcased as aberrations or surprising facts. Little thought is often given to the reasons...
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Turning Point: 1997-2008The second volume of legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki's career memoir continues with essays, interviews, and discussions about some of his most popular films, including Spirited Away and Ponyo. In the mid-1990s, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki moved from success to success as his work found...
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Trombone Shorty: A Picture Book BiographyA Caldecott Honor Book illustrated by Bryan Collier, this picture book true story from Grammy Award nominee Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is a "well-told and exquisitely illustrated story of a musician with a steep career trajectory will inspire young readers to pursue their passions,...
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Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and HollywoodIn this "celebration of a life fully lived" (Reyna Grande, author of The Distance Between Us), discover the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo's journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss--it's "enough to make you believe in the possibility of a...
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Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist SelloutONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME" The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self. It began in a bedroom in Naples,...
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Touch Me, I'm Sick: A Memoir in EssaysReject the stigmas of trauma and chronic illness by fostering queer forms of intimacy--and embracing the many ways humans can care for one another. The writer behind the popular @softcore_trauma Instagram offers a deeply personal memoir for folks seeking healing and better care. The...
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