Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil SandsA New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023!"An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival."--Carmen Maria Machado Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there...
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Drive Through Diaries: A Lesson in Life and FriesMany teens and young adults enter the workforce with little idea of what to expect and without the necessary skills to succeed from the start. The education system often emphasizes academic success and test performance, equipping students with the knowledge to excel in a...
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Dreams Take Flight: The Story of Deaf Pilot Nellie Zabel WillhiteNellie Zabel Willhite's story dips and soars like an airplane in flight. After losing her hearing at four and following a tumultuous education, Nellie Zabel was introduced to the world of flight while working at the Sioux Falls airport. The planes and pilots captured...
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Doc Watson: A Life in MusicArthel "Doc" Watson (1923-2012) is arguably one of the most influential musicians Appalachia has ever produced. A musician's musician, Doc grew up on a subsistence farm in the North Carolina mountains during the Depression, soaking up traditional music and learning to play guitar even...
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DK Super Readers Level 3 Helen KellerHelp your child power up their reading skills and learn all about the life of Helen Keller with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 3: Helen Keller offers a sensitive account of the life of a...
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Disney Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas Cross-Stitch KitWe're simply meant to be . . . cross-stitching! Bring Tim Burton's creepy, merry tale to life with this all-in-one mini cross-stitch kit! Perfect for crafters of any skill level, the kit includes: A 32-page mini book with simple cross-stitching instructions and four easy...
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Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First PaleontologistA beautifully illustrated picture book biography of Mary Anning that will enlighten children about the discovery of the dinosaurs and the importance of female scientists, perfect for fans of The Girl Who Thought in PicturesMary Anning loved scouring the beach near her home in...
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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High CountryOn her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and...
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Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's BusDeciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus is an eye-opening, inspiring, and hopeful linked-essay collection recounting the amazing everyday encounters of city bus driver, Nathan Vass whose life's motto is if you give kindness, you'll get kindness. Vass tests this theory on the...
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Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be SpentEach of us is in the middle of a story. In this astoundingly unique book, bestselling author N.D. Wilson reminds us that to truly live we must recognize that we are dying. Cause of death: life.Death by Living is a poetic exploration of faith,...
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Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life""Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life."" When Prince spoke those words over celestial organ sounds in the opening moments of ""Let's Go Crazy,"" he wasn't just inaugurating yet another Billboard Hot 100 hit--one of forty-seven in...
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Creativity, Inc. (the Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True InspirationThe co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar's singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to...
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Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place"Scott McClanahan is one of those rare writers who achieves Kafka's credo that a book should be the axe that shatters the icy soul of our interior. Crapalachia, with its tongue-in-cheek title, is anything but refuse and detritus. In fact, it's a broken and...
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Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for TasteINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK "Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she's not...
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd EditionLos Angeles Times Bestseller How do we stop the unrelenting evolution of the economic hit man strategy and China's takeover? The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestseller blows the whistle on China's economic hit man (EHM) strategy, exposes corruption on an...
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Child X: A Memoir of Slavery, Poverty, Celebrity, and Scientology"A vivid, compelling and heartrending memoir." --Booklist "Evocative . . . Intimate yet universally resonant . . . a powerful memoir that takes us down the darkest corridors of Scientology." --Kirkus Reviews "Non-stop indoctrination . . . reckless indifference . . . A nightmare...
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Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This WayFrom the bestselling author of Eat Cake. Be Brave, a love letter to the strong, opinionated Southern women who raised her and surround us all. Lucy and Ethel. Laverne and Shirley. Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, and Rose. Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of them: the...
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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to SoundA cello has no language, yet it possesses a vocabulary wide enough to tell, bear witness, and make connections across time and continents--a feat brought to life in this brilliant new book. In this luminous narrative, Kate Kennedy, a writer and cellist herself, weaves...
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CapyboppyThe true story and adventures of Capyboppy, the Peet family's pet capybara.Author: Bill PeetPublisher: Clarion BooksPublished: 04/29/1985Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.09h x 6.87w x 0.23dISBN: 9780395383681Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 1Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 19557 / CapyboppyAbout the AuthorPeet, Bill:...
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Canoeing with the Cree: 75th Anniversary EditionIn 1930 two novice paddlers--Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port--launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio, motor, or good maps, the teenagers made their...
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