Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Dave Brubeck: A Life in TimeTHE DEFINITIVE, INVESTIGATIVE BIOGRAPHY OFJAZZ LEGENDDAVE BRUBECK(TAKE FIVE) In 2003, music journalist Philip Clark was granted unparalleled access to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Over the course of ten days, he shadowed the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their extended British tour, recording an epic interview...
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Napoleon: A LifeThe definitive biography of Napoleon -- hailed as magnificent by The Economist. What a novel my life has been! Napoleon once said of himself. Born into a poor family, the callow young man was, by twenty-six, an army general. Seduced by an older woman,...
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The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict WomenThe convict women who built a continent..."A moving and fascinating story." -Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost The Tin Ticket takes readers to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of three women arrested and sent into suffering and slavery...
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The Middle Matters: Why That (Extra)Ordinary Life Looks Really Good on YouThe best-selling author of Never Unfriended opens up about midlife and what it feels like to have outgrown those teenage jeans--but finally grown into the shape of our souls. "I want to give Lisa-Jo's book a standing ovation."--Aarti Sequeira, chef and TV personality Do...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Rendezvous with DestinyThe acclaimed one-volume biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, praised by Doris Kearns Goodwin as brilliant...a magnificently readable saga. Author: Frank FreidelPublisher: Back Bay BooksPublished: 02/26/1991Pages: 710Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.96lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.06w x 1.67dISBN: 9780316292610Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 03/29/1991
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The Education of Henry Adams: An AutobiographySelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams, ' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' His political ideals shaped by...
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A LifePulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography of America's greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way...
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Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle ParisPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A brilliant look at turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes. "Weber has done a remarkable job of bringing to life...a world of culture,...
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Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision QuestProvidence is Quinn's fascinating memoir of his life-long spiritual voyage. His journey takes him from a childhood dream in Omaha setting him on a search for fulfillment, to his time as a postulant in the Trappist order under the guidance of eminent theologian Thomas...
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Outsiders: A Journey to BelongingPlunged into a foreign environment her freshman year of high school, Doreen feels isolated and alone. Her tan complexion, dark hair, and brown eyes mark her as an outsider among the sea of white students around her. Then she spots Saul, a friendly, yet...
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The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our CountryOne hundred original profiles of the most influential African Americans of the twentieth century. Without Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would not have jazz. Without Toni Morrison or Ralph Ellison, we would miss some of our greatest novels. Without Dr. King or Thurgood...
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America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisNow the subject of a new film directed by Pablo Larrain, Jackie, starring Natalie Portman Acclaimed biographer Sarah Bradford explores the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the woman who has captivated the public for more than five decades, in a definitive portrait that is...
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Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical MishapNovelist and poet Judy Goldman's inspiring account of the mishap that left her husband paralyzed, how it tested their marriage, and their struggle to regain their "normal" life. When Judy Goldman's husband of almost four decades has a routine spinal injection to alleviate back...
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Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz takes us on a historic tour of Christopher Colubus In a simple, short biography of Columbus she has been extraordinarily successful in extracting the essence of the man.--The Horn Book Christopher Columbus thought he knew where he was going....
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Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and WarNATIONAL BESTSELLER - The remarkable memoir of an ambitious young photojournalist who went off to war as a twenty-two-year-old girl--and came back, four years and many adventures later, a woman "Eloquent and well observed, not only about the memoirist, but about the world: war,...
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My Journey to the StarsNASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first to spend an entire year in space Discover his awe-inspiring journey in this fascinating picture book memoir (the perfect companion to his adult book Endurance) that takes readers from Scott's childhood as an average student to his...
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Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A BiographyMark Twain, the American comic genius who portrayed, named, and in part exemplified America's "Gilded Age," comes alive in Justin Kaplan's extraordinary biography. With brilliant immediacy, Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain brings to life a towering literary figure whose dual persona symbolized the emerging...
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Service: A Navy Seal at WarMarcus Luttrell, author of the #1 bestseller Lone Survivor, share war stories about true American heroism from himself and other soldiers who bravely fought alongside him. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart...
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Who Was Jim Thorpe?Learn about the incredible legacy of the first Native American athlete and Olympian to earn a gold medal for the United States in this exciting addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series. While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe...
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Growing Up Psychic: My Story of Not Just Surviving But Thriving--And How Others Like Me Can, TooInternationally recognized psychic and star of A&E's hit show Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal, Chip Coffey shares his personal story of discovering his gift at a young age and offers valuable advice for nurturing and embracing psychic ability. No one knows more about...
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