Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the OrangePer person, oranges are the most consumed fruit in the world. Across the world, no matter how remote or cold or incongruous a climate is, oranges will be there. What stories could I unravel from the orange's long ribboning peel? What new meanings could...
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Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and FamilyAn unforgettable journey from seventh-grade dropout to celebrated professor Her family was white, but not the right kind of white. They were five star white trash. They borrowed money and tried to buy class. In this unflinching response to JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, Georgiann...
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Fit Into Me: A Novel: A MemoirIn her most innovative book yet, Molly Gaudry embarks on a search for belonging amid loss, framing her memoir around a fictional narrative featuring the tea house woman--a character who appeared first as bride-to-be and then as widow in her earlier books. As Gaudry...
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Find Vincent Van Gogh: A Spotting BookA bold and vibrant search and find book, inspired by the life and artwork of Vincent van Gogh. Officially published with the Van Gogh Museum, this activity book is perfect for ages 7+. Get ready to embark on a search and find journey through...
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Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a MarathonThe true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one hundred-year-old to run a marathon, shares valuable lessons on the source of his grit, determination to overcome obstacles, and commitment to positive representation of the Sikh community. Every step...
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Faith, Hope and CarnageA BOOK OF THE YEAR, ROLLING STONE, NPR, PITCHFORK, THE TIMES (LONDON), TELEGRAPH"An astoundingly intimate book-length conversation on art and grief spanning the duration of the pandemic years . . . As with Cave's music, you might flinch, but you will feel alive."― Pitchfork...
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Fagan of Hoboken & the Horseshoe: In a gilded, manly age of disorderly industrial Armageddon and progressive urban reformDeclaring that you would rather cut your own throat than meet with the Democratic machine boss to talk out your differences was not the usual way to become Mayor of Hoboken in New Jersey's Hudson County of the 1890s. But that's exactly what Lawrence...
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Everyday is GamedayA powerful journey through trauma and faith, this memoir inspires readers to confront their battles and embrace each day as a chance for purpose. Discover how resilience and belief can transform your life and reignite hope in the face of adversity. In Every Day...
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Every Day is a Bonus: A Memoir of Canadian Ski Pioneer Jim McConkeyJim McConkey's role as a highly respected alpine skier, ski instructor, and entrepreneur began in early childhood, in Barrie, Ontario, where he was born only eight years after the end of World War I. After dropping out of high school and being deployed to...
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Detours: Hope & Growth After Life's Hardest TurnsIn this powerful memoir of survival and healing, Elizabeth Smart empowers readers to navigate life's detours, embrace resilience, and find healing and purpose after adversity. In Detours, Elizabeth Smart explores how trauma can derail one's path in life and shares her struggles with captivity,...
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Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal EmpireIn 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and distant female relatives travelled with him. These women would help establish a dynasty and empire that would rule India for the next 200 years and become a...
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Dark Days: A MemoirLamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping, biting, bold, and brave memoir....
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CarnivoreAmid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant First Class Dillard "C. J." Johnson--one of the most decorated soldiers in the history of the legendary 3rd Infantry Division--and his crew are recognized by Pentagon reports to have accounted for astonishing enemy...
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Call the Midwife: Shadows of the WorkhouseThe sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the MidwifeWhen twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only...
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Brave Companions: Portraits in HistoryMaster historian David McCullough's classic book about some of history's most daring and accomplished figures from Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women who shaped the course of history and...
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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging SpiritIn Chris Matthews's New York Times bestselling portrait of Robert F. Kennedy, "Readers witness the evolution of Kennedy's soul. Through tragedy after tragedy we find the man humanized" (Associated Press). With his bestselling biography Jack Kennedy, Chris Matthews profiled of one of America's most...
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Behind the Colors: Where NCO Leadership LivesA book about practical NCO leadership and the importance of presence--no doctrine, no philosophy, no war stories.Behind the Colors is based on the premise that NCOs should master specific skills at each level of Leadership. It includes practical stories of success and failure to...
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Becoming Mariposa: Hope Emerges from a Dark ChrysalisWhat if the painful moments that tried to break you were actually shaping you into who you were meant to become? In Becoming Mariposa, Elizabeth invites you into a raw, transformative journey from a childhood shadowed by trauma to a life radiant with freedom....
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Baseball Biographies for Kids: The Greatest Players from the 1960s to TodayGet to know the game with inspiring baseball biographies for ages 8 to 12!It's the bottom of the ninth, bases are loaded, and your team is down by three--who do you want coming up to bat? Discover the most talented players in every position...
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Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Conquest of the AmericasThis is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after...
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