Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Keanu Reeves: A Little Golden Book BiographyGet to know action movie star and all-around good guy Keanu Reeves with this collectible Little Golden Book featuring colorful illustrations on every page! Keanu continued to stretch himself as an actor, starring in comedies, dramas, and action-filled thrillers. But fame was never his...
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Kalamazoo Gals - A Story of Extraordinary Women & Gibson's "Banner" Guitars of WWIIIt's a haunting image. At least it was for author John Thomas. Some seventy women sit in four rows in front of the Gibson Guitar factory in the mid-1940s. Conventional wisdom and company lore had it that Gibson had ceased guitar production during World...
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Just Along for the RideJust Along for the Ride: The Missionary Journey of Marc and Nancy Erickson is the story of a young couple who enter Somalia during a time of great unrest. Their unbelievable adventures with five children tell of an extraordinary God, as they follow the...
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Julia Child: A Little Golden Book BiographyDream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Julia Child, the chef and cookbook author who introduced Americans to the art of French cooking. It's the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as fans of all ages! This Little Golden Book...
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Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got BigThe #1 New York Times BestsellerIn Juiced, Jose Canseco, one of the most electrifying and controversial athletes ever to step onto the baseball diamond, shares the untold story of his rise to fame and fall from grace, including a never-before-seen look behind the curtains...
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Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in BooksA critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer. Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe's first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg's career...
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I Want to Die But I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Further Conversations with My PsychiatristTranslated by International Booker shortlistee Anton Hur, the sequel to the phenomenal South Korean smash hit. Baek Sehee could never have predicted how many people I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki would reach across the world. A runaway international bestseller,...
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It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower"A fast-paced political thriller.... Wrong's gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo's courage and a cautionary tale." --New York Times Book Review "On one level, It's Our Turn to Eat reads like a John Le Carré novel.... On a deeper and...
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It Goes So Fast: The Year of No Do-OversAn Instant New York Times BestsellerOperating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this memoir by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic--about the year before her son goes to college--and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along the...
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Irving Penn: CentennialThe definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer "Irving Penn: Centennial . . . presents page after page of startlingly fresh images."--Luc Sante, New York Times Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and influential photographers of the...
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Iris Apfel: Colorful: A Treasure Trove of Inspiration, Influences, and IdeasFashion icon Iris Apfel shares her philosophy for living, unique perspective on design, and the key moments that shaped her life, along with 300 photographs from her personal collection in a beautifully produced legacy book, featuring a bespoke ribbon marker, edges sprayed with a...
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest DisasterWhen Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028...
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Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century EuropeEnter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus declared the earth revolved around the Sun, overturning centuries of scholastic presumption. A new age was coming into view - one guided by observation, technology and logic....
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I Don't Swim: A MemoirWhen Helen Miller was asked why she never joined her family in the water, she found herself contemplating the reasons she didn't swim. Most significant were opportunity and accessibility. Although her parents were part of the Great Migration of Black families to the North...
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I Am Stephen HawkingThe groundbreaking physicist and disability advocate is the 34th hero in this New York Times bestselling biography series for ages 5 to 9. From a young age, Stephen Hawking had a strong sense of wonder and was full of questions about the world around...
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I Am JazzThe story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere "This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. I...
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I Am Dolly PartonAn instant New York Times Best Seller! The legendary country musician, reading advocate, and philanthropist Dolly Parton is the 28th in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. This book spotlights Dolly Parton, known for her beloved...
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How We Heal: A Journey Toward Truth, Racial Healing, and Community Transformation from the Inside OutIn How We Heal, La June Montgomery Tabron, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, makes a powerful case for hope through racial healing. From a vivid portrait of her childhood in 1960s Detroit to her leadership of one of the world's largest...
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How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in AnglingThe defining part of this story, I think--the part that made the real difference--is the time I spent looking into the water, letting my mind drift, as I tried to think like a fish...What brings the big fish is an artful blend of drawing...
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How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998For the first time ever, collected here are all three volumes of the diaries of Helen Garner, inviting readers into the world behind the novels and nonfiction of a literary force. "This is one for the introverts -- the wary and the peevish, the...
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