Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Survivor: How I Made It Through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter"Sobering, unforgettable reading. This is a standout of its kind." - Publishers Weekly"A riveting, deeply moving memoir. The writing is descriptive and dramatic, preserving Lewkowicz's deep emotions." - Jewish Book CouncilThis is the remarkable story of Josef Lewkowicz--Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor who became...
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The Stonewall ReaderFor the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White. Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, presented by The...
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The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the Women Who Survived HimA chilling true story of medical abuse, psychological manipulation, and the women who refused to be silenced. In the heart of postwar London, Dr. William Sargant was a revered psychiatrist with a glittering résumé. He was also a regular lecturer in the United States,...
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The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead--The Lost Manuscript of Robert HunterDiscovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s--a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of "the scene" in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry...
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These Precious Days: EssaysThe beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "The elegance of Patchett's prose is seductive and inviting: with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power...
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The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High TideThe Second Emancipation, the second work in a trilogy from best-selling author Howard W. French about Africa's pivotal role in shaping world history, underscores Adam Hochschild's contention that French is a "modern-day Copernicus." The title--referring to a brief period beginning in 1957 when dozens...
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The Roma: A Traveling History"A deeply sympathetic picture of Romani life over the centuries." -Wall Street Journal"A spellbinding tale of resilience and survival in the face of widespread bigotry and violence."--Boston GlobeA unique, deeply personal portrait of the nomadic Romani people and their on-going journey that sheds new...
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest JourneyNATIONAL BESTSELLER - At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait--the bestselling author of River of the Gods brings us the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. "A rich, dramatic tale...
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The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never HadFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of a courageous young Imperial Grand Duchess who scandalized Europe in search of freedom. In 1795, Catherine the Great of Russia was in search of a bride for her grandson...
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The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound: A MemoirA groundbreaking exploration of deafness by a young award-winning poet--a memoir, a cultural history, and a call to action hailed as "insightful, bighearted [and] a transformative story for all readers" (The New York Times Book Review) "Beautifully complicates and expands our understanding of what...
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The Purposeful Warrior: Standing Up for What's Right When the Stakes Are HighFrom Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a road map for shattering the status quo and standing up for ourselves, our communities, and our country. NATIONAL BESTSELLER! AN OPEN FIELD BOOK FROM MARIA SHRIVER As Michigan's Secretary of State and chief election official, Jocelyn...
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The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia, 3rd EditionDiscover what life is like inside the White House in this fact-packed guide to the Presidents. This encyclopedia presents more than 150 easy-to-read entries of the Presidents, the First Ladies, the Louisiana Purchase, the Gettysburg Address, and much more! Created in association with the...
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The Power of Parting: Finding Peace and Freedom Through Family EstrangementA myth-shattering, inspiring book that combines research, reportage, and memoir to explore the growing phenomenon of estrangement from toxic relatives--showing it not as a tragedy, but as an empowering and effective solution to the heartbreak of family abuse. After decades of enduring his mother's...
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The Order of TimeOne of TIME's Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade "Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It...
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The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic BiographyA brilliant collaboration between internationally acclaimed Jane Austen expert, Janine Barchas, and New York Times bestselling graphic novelist, Isabel Greenberg. The Novel Life of Jane Austen is a one-of-a-kind, impeccably researched, ecstatically drawn graphic biography of one of the world's most beloved literary icons....
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The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile EditionIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve them. In 1936, Victor Hugo Green published the first...
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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A BiographyTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation--and reasserted the power of rock and roll "[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and...
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The Mysterious Voyage of Captain KiddA difficult mission, a mutinous crew, treacherous waters, and merchant ships bearing cargoes of gold, silk, diamonds and rubies...all awaited Captain William Kidd as he found himself caught up in the doomed voyage of the Adventure Galley. But did this well-respected seaman, familiar to...
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War IThis instant New York Times bestselling "dynamic detective story" (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world's greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway...
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The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of MotherhoodNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A long overdue reality check." --Oprah Daily "Honest, unapologetic, and brutally funny." --Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter A Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by Oprah Daily, Town & Country, and Brit + Co Belletrist Book Club Pick The...
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