Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives--with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while...
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Angela's Ashes: A MemoirA Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland--now with a new introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe. "When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all....
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An Exercise in Uncertainty: A Memoir of Illness and HopeIn this thought-provoking memoir, an award-winning journalist explores the chaos, doubt, and search for meaning that come with staying one step ahead of cancer for decades. "An Exercise in Uncertainty has a powerful and restorative story to tell us. Jonathan Gluck's life of illness...
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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American StruggleNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how--and why--he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. "Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time."--Henry...
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A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild PlacesAn "instant classic", this genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto is a fascinating study for rewilding the city, the self, and society (Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author). During the real estate crash of the late 2000s, Christopher Brown purchased an...
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A Moveable Feast"There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other." --Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable FeastErnest Hemingway's classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s remains one of his most beloved works....
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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental JusticeFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry--and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America....
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Alive Day: A MemoirA searing, unflinchingly intimate memoir about one young couple caught up in the machinery of America's military system, learning to live and love through war and all that comes after "Astonishing . . . both a love story and a gripping account of the...
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains: Volume 14In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West,...
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Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance FighterThe incredible and inspiring story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the World War II female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo. During World War II, Elzbieta Zawacka--the WWII female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo--was the only woman to reach London as an emissary of the...
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After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting IceThe Norwegian explorer, philosopher and acclaimed writer tells of his historic 58-day journey to the North Pole on skis in this provocative memoir that is a profound meditation on nature and the history of explorers' obsession. The North Pole looms large in our collective...
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Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the Golden Rule, from Soul Train to Wall StreetThe inspiring and resilient story of George E. Johnson, creator of the iconic Afro Sheen and the first Black-owned company to be traded on Wall Street You might already be familiar with Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, but have you heard of the man...
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Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental JusticeNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations. A WASHINGTON POST AND...
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Admitted AssassinThirty years after the initial discovery of Roscoe White's naval footlocker, Ricky White - with the help of J. Gary Shaw and Brian K. Edwards - has made documented connection between items in the footlocker and munitions cannister and the events and people surrounding...
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You Wanna Be on Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top ModelIn this revealing memoir, a fan favorite America's Next Top Model contestant pulls back the curtain on the iconic but deeply flawed reality competition show, exposing the manipulation and chaos behind the scenes. "A delicious, hilariously relatable behind-the-scenes memoir. A page-turning lark turns into...
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You Have a New MemoryNATIONAL BESTSELLER An open-hearted interrogation of our digital selves, braiding cultural criticism, memoir, and narrative musings into an exploration of identity, girlhood, media, tech, nature and "finding the depth and beauty in the fucked-up world we live in" from a writer, artist, and influencer...
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Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and BelongingOne woman's epic journey to trace the global slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean in this searing memoir for fans of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Jesmyn Ward's Men We Reaped. An adventurous blend of personal and cultural history from a star National Geographic Explorer...
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Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac ShakurFrom Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today. Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering...
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Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary OliverThis inspiring and enriching picture book biography explores the life and work of beloved poet Mary Oliver in its own uniquely lyrical way, shining a light on Mary's belief that there are treasures and poems all around us in nature waiting to be discovered....
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Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of MedicineNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!For fans of Hidden Figures and Radium Girls comes the remarkable story of three Victorian women who broke down barriers in the medical field to become the first women doctors, revolutionizing the way women receive health care. In the early 1800s,...
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