Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of SeparationIn Common Ground, veteran organizer Eileen Flanagan weaves together a series of stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots organizing. As...
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Newbery Honor Book; National Book Award Winner)NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AND NEWBERY HONOR BOOK ● Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Read the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure in this multi-award winning, mega-selling biography from the incomparable Phillip Hoose. "When it...
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Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!Civil rights icon Claudette Colvin teams up with Phillip Hoose--author of the Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning blockbuster biography Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice--to tell her groundbreaking story in this unforgettable picture book illustrated by New York Times-bestselling artist Bea Jackson. Montgomery, Alabama...
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Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a GenerationExcavating a sometimes wacky, and equally harmful, part of white Evangelical culture Roasted marshmallows, campfire stories, shaving cream battles--for some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home, where we could be the most authentic versions of ourselves. But for...
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Cher: Part One: The Memoir***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller******The Global #1 Bestseller***The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself.After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her...
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Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart GardnerThe vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner--creator of one of America's most stunning museums--an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's world, museum, and the art she collected.Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum, with its plain exterior...
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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of BaseballNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures--baseball immortal Pete Rose--and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century - "Comprehensive,...
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Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation*National Bestseller* A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life. Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political...
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Carole King: She Made the Earth MoveJane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music Carole King's extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half a century. Born in New York City in 1942, she...
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Caitlin Clark: Shooting Star, a BiographyA slam-dunk picture book biography featuring the WNBA Rookie of the Year and one of the biggest names in basketball--Caitlin Clark!Caitlin's love for the game is evident every time she steps foot on a court, whether for a pickup game with her brothers as...
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Breathtaking: A Field Guide to Living Your Epic Life"This book is a breath of wild, clear air in a world drowning in distraction. Read it and learn how to live again." -Alexia Brown, Attorney (Ret.)/School Board TrusteeShelli didn't set out to write a book. She set out to examine her life.A longtime...
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Brain on Fire (10th Anniversary Edition): My Month of MadnessAn anniversary edition of the award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman's struggle to recapture her identity--with a new note to readers by the author....
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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood"A canvas of vividly impressionistic splashes of growing up young, gifted, Black, and female." --The Philadelphia InquirerIn this memoir of perceptions and ideas, renowned feminist intellectual bell hooks presents a stirringly intimate account of growing up in the South. Stitching together the gossamer threads...
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Bluegrass Grit2LT Josh Pitcher always knew he wanted to be a U.S. Army Paratrooper and had trained for this opportunity his whole life. But in a twist of fate, that dream seemed lost...along with his left leg. Now at a crossroads he can retire at...
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Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A.Meet extraordinary black heroes throughout history--biographies for kids ages 8 to 12You're invited to meet ancient Egyptian rulers, brilliant scientists, legendary musicians, and civil rights activists--all in the same book! Black Heroes introduces you to 51 black leaders and role models from both history...
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Black Boy"Superb. . . . A great American writer speaks with his own voice about matters that still resonate at the center of our lives." --New York Times Book ReviewA striking new edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a foreword by John...
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Big Book of Who Rising StarsBig Book of WHO is a book your young sports fans will return to again and again! Today's modern sports superstars have proven again and again that you're never too young to make a mark or change the game. With Big Book of WHO:...
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Beyond the Boundaries The Life & Times of Dr. Jeff The Rocky Mountain VetCome and listen to a story 'bout the Rocky Mountain Vet, A man named Jeff whom you won't soon forget. He spends his life helping animals in need, Fighting overpopulation of pets along with corporate greed, Through spay/neuter, that is. Affordable vet care. From...
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BeyoncéIn this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring life of Beyoncé, the chart-topping superstar. Beyoncé was quiet as a child but always enjoyed singing and dancing. At a young age, she went to see a concert, and...
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Be Useful: Seven Tools for LifeTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life--distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest-paid movie...
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