Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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BelieveThe profoundly affecting story of the former Rutgers defensive tackle who was left paralyzed after a devastating football accident, and how his faith, positive outlook, and motto "BELIEVE" inspire legions of fans and guide him in his quest to walk again.On October 16, 2010,...
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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction#1 New York Times bestseller"A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." -- Anne LamottWhat had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What...
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Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah BananasThe Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their story. For his entire childhood, Jesse Cole dreamed of pitching in the Majors. Now, he has a life in baseball that he could have only imagined:...
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Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia"A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world's most combustible region."--The New York Times Book ReviewNATIONAL BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Tony Horwitz's 1991 classic account of his travels across the Middle East and through the Arabian Peninsula, now in eBook for...
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Bad Indians (Expanded Edition): A Tribal MemoirNow in paperback and newly expanded, this gripping memoir is hailed as essential by Joy Harjo, Leslie Marmon Silko, and ELLE magazine--among others.Bad Indians--part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoir--is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and...
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A Year of Pride and Joy: LGBTQ+ Voices Share Their Life PassionsAn uplifting and empowering anthology, A Year of Pride and Joy shares joyful contributions from 52 contemporary LGBTQIA+ voices, including Olympic gold medalist diver Tom Daley, author and historian Blair Imani, and singer Rina Sawayama Edited by award-winning children's author Simon James Green, this...
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A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery"A gripping and vital portrait of wolf repopulation. It is impossible not to root for Diane, or for the wolves."--ERICA BERRY, AUTHOR OF WOLFISH "This is a book about a courageous woman. Often alone in wild country, she endures hardships and faces danger in...
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A Return to Self: Excursions in ExileA blend of travelog and memoir spanning from Turkey to Mexico, exploring Aatish Taseer's uniquely blended identity and asking: Why do certain cities become epicenters of great historical shifts and sites of unpredictable communities? In 2019, the government of Prime Minister Narenda Modi revoked...
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Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place"Commands your attention from the first page to the last word." --Morgan JerkinsAuthor: Neema AvashiaPublisher: West Virginia University PressPublished: 03/01/2022Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9781952271427About the AuthorNeema Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia to parents who...
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Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War IIAmerica's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers--fresh out of the United States Naval Academy--who served on its front lines. They arrived in Annapolis as teenagers the year Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Year of Food Life"A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who...
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An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural BoyhoodIn An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. Carter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and...
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And the Roots of Rhythm RemainFrom the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.Paul Simon...
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American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank LeahyAward-winning sportswriter Ivan Maisel brings the forgotten legend of Notre Dame head football coach Frank Leahy back to life, based on rare and complete access to Fighting Irish football historical archives and the Leahy family. When Frank Leahy retired from Notre Dame after the...
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author. Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a New YorkAuthor: Luis J. RodriguezPublisher: Atria/Primero...
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A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee CrisisFive Days at Memorial meets Into the Raging Sea in this "vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system" (Kirkus Reviews)--the gripping true story of a devastating shipwreck during the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for...
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Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in NorwayA summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farm--and learns far more than how to herd sheep In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of ystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who...
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A Blacklist Education: American History, a Family Mystery, and a Teacher Under FireIn A Blacklist Education, a mysterious file of family papers triggers a journey through the dark days of political purges in the 1950s. Jane S. Smith tells the story of the anticommunist witch hunt that sent shockwaves through New York City's public schools as...
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A Better Ending: A Brother's Twenty-Year Quest to Uncover the Truth about His Sister's Death"Haunting and heartfelt...meticulously recounted with powerful suspense and hard-earned wisdom." --Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road A propulsive and "deeply human" (The Minnesota Star Tribune) memoir about a brother's decades-long investigation into the circumstances surrounding his sister's tragic death--and his own journey to...
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A Barn Named Eleanor: A Journey of Love, Loss and New BeginningsVickie Bailey had it all: a loving family, a close-knit tribe of lifelong friends, and plans to grow old alongside her husband, enjoying God's blessings together and watching their young granddaughters grow.What she wasn't anticipating was her husband John's diagnosis of late-stage pancreatic cancer,...
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