Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Sisters Loved and Treasured: Stories of Unbreakable BondsA celebration of sisterhood, featuring more than 50 personal stories by Viola Davis, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush, Arianna Huffington, Octavia Spencer, and many more. The heartwarming follow-up to the inspiring New York Times bestseller Lessons Learned and Cherished: The Teacher Who Changed...
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward CurtisA New York Times Notable Book A Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan reveals the life story of the man determined to preserve a people and culture in Short Nights of...
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NikeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most...
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Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad TasteTo me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. Thus begins John Waters's autobiography. And what a story it is. Opening with his upbringing in Baltimore ("Charm City" as...
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Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark ScientistThe uplifting story of a young Black scientist's challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature's most misunderstood animal--the shark. "Jasmin Graham has that winning combination of talent and grit needed to excel as a...
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Seen, Loved and Heard: A Guided Journal for Feeding the SoulA beautiful and inspirational full-color journal from Tabitha Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)In her beloved book Feeding the Soul, Tabitha Brown made readers feel seen, loved, and heard, sharing the knowledge she's gained from...
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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi HendrixIt has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his...
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Ronnie and His GritRonnie Lott has always been tough. As a kid, when he fell down, he felt something inside him start to rumble. That something was a voice called Grit. On the court or off the field, no matter where he went or what he played,...
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Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.'In the eight lives of...
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River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing"Steve Duda, in River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing, his first collection of essays, reminds us with attentive care to language and gloriously boisterous storytelling, why we keep coming back to rivers..." -- Flyfisherman Magazine "You won't forget these stories. They'll...
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Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of IrelandMaid meets Under the Tuscan Sun in this inspiring and lyrical memoir about a writer and mother who flees an abusive marriage and must learn to reclaim the story of her life through a search for home on Ireland's wild, western coast. At twenty-four,...
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Rihanna: A Little Golden Book BiographyGet to know Rihanna and find out how the talented performer from Barbados became a worldwide sensation with this beautifully illustrated and collectible Little Golden Book! Read all about Rihanna, the Barbadian singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Known for her catchy hit songs "Umbrella"...
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Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb"This absorbing biography, written with both affection and admiration, shows Babb as one of the most indefatigable characters in American literary history."--The New Republic This saga of a writer done dirty resurrects the silenced voice of Sanora Babb, peerless author of midcentury American literature....
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Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and CancerAn expansive, darkly funny, and deeply personal reflection on the reality of living with--and dying from--metastatic breast cancer.Deena stepped out of the shower and opened her towel in the steam. "Does my breast look weird?" These words irrevocably change the lives of writer Ariel...
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Reentry: Spacex, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets That Launched a Second Space AgeNational Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Technology Featured in The Economist's Best Books of 2024 USA Today Bestseller How did a shaky startup defy expectations and become the world's leading spaceflight company? Get the untold story of the team of game-changers, led by a...
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Rebel Girls Stem Stars: 25 Tales of Women in ScienceTRUE STORIES OF DETERMINATION AND DISCOVERY This collection of short stories about trailblazing women in STEM features 25 inspiring tales of professionals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about how these women solved problems, made incredible breakthroughs, and paved the way for future...
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Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned AstronautThe book the new film A Million Miles Away is based on. Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernàndez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. Reaching for...
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Rachel's Tears: 10th Anniversary Edition: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott"I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus . . . If I have to sacrifice everything . . . I will." -Rachel ScottThe Columbine tragedy in April 1999 pierced the heart of our country. We later learned that the...
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Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed AmericaThe bestselling classic biography of Jackie Robinson, America's legendary baseball player and civil rights activist, told from the unique perspective of an insider: his only daughter.Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this warm loving biography of the man who broke the...
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Priestdaddy: A MemoirONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST MEMOIRS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: The Washington Post *...
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