Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Essential Book of Pickup TrucksOf the sixty million pickups on U.S. highways today, just one in eight was bought for work purposes. The remaining fifty-four million are what truck dealers call "lifestyle purchases." Does the pickup impulse spring from some deep, organic longing? For agrarian roots, for simpler...
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The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African WildLawrence Anthony devoted his life to animal conservation, protecting the world's endangered species. Then he was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand. His common sense told him to refuse, but he was the...
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The Distance Between Us: Young Readers EditionAward-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us--"an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children" (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make the dangerous and...
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The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive EditionThe diary as Anne Frank wrote it: "The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust ... remains astonishing and excruciating" (The New York Times Book Review). In a modern translation, this definitive edition contains entries about Anne's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her...
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The Curve of TimeA beloved and bestselling Pacific Northwest adventure classic, now available in paperback! Widowed at the age of thirty-five, Muriel Wylie Blanchet packed up her five children in the summers that followed and set out aboard the twenty-five-foot Caprice. For fifteen summers, in the 1920s...
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The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American InheritanceWinner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General NonfictionWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western NonfictionFinalist for The Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeShortlisted for The William Saroyan International PrizeA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year "Sharply insightful . ....
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The Complete Persepolis: 20th Anniversary Edition20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics today....
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian MedicineWinner, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingNamed a Best History Book of the year, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!" --Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery...
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The Boy Who Biked the World Part 1: On the Road to Africa: Part One: On the Road to AfricaTom is a boy from England who dreams of being an adventurer. Everyone tells him he's crazy, so he decides to prove them wrong by going around the world on his bike! The first book of Tom's adventures follows him across Europe and from...
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The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired LifeA groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience--from a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning researcher "A new revolution of health and well-being and a testament to, and celebration of, the power within."--Deepak...
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The Autobiography of a YogiThe Autobiography of Yogi The book is of Paramahansa Yogananda's remarkable life story that opens our minds to the joys, the boundless beauty and the unending possibilities of every living being. The book narrates about the world of Yogis and Saints, Science and miracles,...
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century - "The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."--The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington...
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet"Masterful. The Anthropocene Reviewed is a beautiful, timely book about the human condition--and a timeless reminder to pay attention to your attention." --Adam Grant, #1 bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast Re: ThinkingInstant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of...
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The Afterlife Is Letting GoChosen one of Booklist's Top Ten History Books of the Year!Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Creative Nonfiction"The Afterlife Is Letting Go is a meditative consideration of Japanese American incarceration during WWII by Brandon Shimoda, author of the PEN Open Book Award-winning The...
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Tell Me Your Life Story, DadCreate a timeless keepsake that will be treasured by future generations.Tell Me Your Life Story, Dad is a beautifully designed gift to capture all of Dad's precious memories and wisdom.This simple guided journal helps fathers record their life story with over 200 questions. The...
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Taylor's World: Coloring and Activity Book with 7 Heart-Shaped Stackable MarkersCelebrate all things Taylor Swift with this spectacular coloring-and-activity book that comes with a stackable heart marker and more than 50 foil stickers! Are you ready for it? Start your coloring era with Taylor Swift! Use the stackable heart marker to color your way...
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Taylor Swift: Her StoryThis easy-to-read biography of music superstar and beloved icon Taylor Swift is perfect for young fans!Taylor Swift is one of today's biggest music superstars! She's got millions of fans around the world. But before she was famous, Taylor was just a young girl who...
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Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy LoverA fun, sophisticated illustrated collection of essays that catalogs the simple and not so simple pleasures of the eclectic world of candy from the award-winning author of After the Eclipse. With illustrations by Forsyth Harmon.A taxonomy of sweetness, a rhapsody of artificial flavors, and...
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Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre LordeA Time Must-Read Book of the YearWinner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian NonfictionA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2025 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Finalist for the 2025 Zora AwardA bold, innovative biography that offers a...
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Summer at TiffanyDo you remember the best summer of your life?New York City, 1945. Marjorie Jacobson and her best friend, Marty Garrett, arrive fresh from the Kappa house at the University of Iowa hoping to find summer positions as shopgirls. Turned away from the top department...
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