Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Housekeeper's Secret: A MemoirFor fans of stranger than truth stories, Sandy Schnakenburg is uncovering rattling and unprecedented revelations in this powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she's about to become the...
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The Holy Land at War: A Journey Through Israel, the West Bank and GazaIn this revealing journey through Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza itself, longtime journalist Mark Patinkin explores one of the world's most divisive conflicts, capturing the stories of both sides in "The Holy Land at War." He saw where Oct. 7 unfolded, and later...
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The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the WorldA "well-researched and very readable new biography" (The Wall Street Journal) of "the Thomas Edison of guns," a visionary inventor who designed the modern handgun and whose awe-inspiring array of firearms helped ensure victory in numerous American wars and holds a crucial place in...
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The Grind Line: The Gears That Powered the Detroit Red Wings to the Summit"Hockey Hall of Fame Coach Scotty Bowman: ' Those four guys, they made all the difference' The Grind Line, featuring some of the most popular athletes in Detroit sports history, is one of the most successful units in the history of the National Hockey...
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The Great SantiniThe piercing, iconic semi-autobiographical novel of a domineering father and ambitious son, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Tides Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine--fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler...
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George WashingtonTaking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that led to the...
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The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten ExpeditionsA fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary--and often overlooked--adventurers, from Sacagawea to Matthew Henson to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny."Brilliantly imaginative, beautifully written." --David Blight, Pulitzer...
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The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi GermanyFor fans of unheralded women's stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz--one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime "No other American correspondent in Berlin knew so much of what was going on behind the scene...
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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to MedicineElizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity ultimately won her the acceptance of...
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The Corgi and the QueenSelected as one of VOGUE Magazine's Best Gifts For Kids! Even a monarch needs a best friend and Queen Elizabeth II found one in a corgi pup she named Susan. From princesshood to queendom the pair forged an unbreakable bond, with Susan even participating...
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The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of EgyptThe definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One of history's most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But few today realize that she was the last in a long line of Egyptian...
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The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across MovementsINTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG READERS TO ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S MOST COURAGEOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS, YURI KOCHIYAMA (1921 -- 2014).Debut children's picture book author Kai Naima Williams -- great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama -- intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories,...
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul ErdosMost people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number...
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The Blackwater Fire and the Men Who Fought It: How Firefighters Turned Tragedy into New BeginningsAt 3:30 p.m. on August 21, 1937, the Blackwater Fire "blew up" west of Cody, Wyoming, on the Shoshone National Forest. Fifteen firefighters perish in the conflagration and more than forty are injured. Travel back in time to the horse and mule days of...
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The Bird Singers: How Two Boys Discovered the Magic of Birdsong"A mesmerizing tale like no other."--Priyanka Kumar, author of Conversations with Birds "A beautiful book. The writing about birds--their songs and sounds, what birds mean to us, the wonder and joy they evoke in us--is among the most original, insightful, and enjoyable I've read."--James...
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The Big SmokeA suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack Johnson--a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--from the author, with Youssef Daoudi, of the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle...
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The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived." -Sasha VelourThis book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an...
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The Apprenticeship That Saved My Life: Guidebook to Navigating the Earn-While-You-Learn Opportunity of a Lifetime"I realized that learning a trade was more than just mastering a skill-it was about gaining control over my future." How an Apprenticeship Saved My Life tells the inspiring story of one man's journey from Baltimore's tough streets to a life of purpose, stability,...
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Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in VerseOne of Electric Literature's Best Nonfiction Books of 2024. One of them.'s Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024. A finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction."This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is a performer in...
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Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of StoryA doctor's powerful meditation on what his patients taught him, and what they can teach us about listening, healing, and public health. For over three decades, Dr. Dean-David Schillinger has served in one of the country's busiest and most important public hospitals. A public...
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