Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports LegendsHilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations show how Tiger Woods, Gabby Douglas, Bruce Lee, Billie Jean King, and other budding sports champions faced kid-sized challenges growing up. Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they...
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Karma Is Three Cats: Life According to Taylor Swift's Kitty Best FriendsKarma Is Three Cats: Life According to Taylor Swift's Kitty Best Friends*Karma is Three Cats- A Delightful Picture Book Adventure* Meet the hardest-working cats in show biz! Join Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button--Taylor Swift's BFFs (best feline friends)--as they walk you through...
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Kamala Harris: Selections from the Official White House PhotographyA visual portrait commemorating Kamala Harris's historic role as Vice President of the United States and her hard-fought run for the highest office in the land--selected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the spirit of Pete Souza's #1 New York...
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Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the TruthIn a newspaper career spanning decades, Jimmy Breslin covered the stories that he knew mattered most: the human stories beyond the front page. From the JFK assassination, to the Son of Sam killings, mafia heists, the Crown Heights riots, and the Occupy movement, Breslin's...
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Jesse Livermore's Two Books of Market Wisdom: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator & Jesse Livermore's Methods of Trading in StocksFor the first time, these two works attributed to the great Jesse Livermore are presented together in one volume with a new foreword by Juliette Rogers. Both contain interesting insights into Livermore's life and times as well as the reasons for his success. They...
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J. D. Vance: From Rural America to the White HouseAlthough J. D. Vance hasn't been in the political sphere for long, the former US senator became the vice-presidential pick in 2024 and was elected alongside President Donald Trump. Born in Middletown, Ohio, Vance went through many hardships in life. His mother had a...
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Janis: Her Life and MusicThis extraordinarily intimate and "gripping" (Vanity Fair) biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early...
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Jane Goodall at 90: Celebrating an Astonishing Lifetime of Science, Advocacy, Humanitarianism, Hope, and PeaceA Loving Tribute from Jane Goodall's Family and Friends to a Most Amazing, Iconic, and Indefatigable Woman-and Much More In this wide-ranging collection of tributes and photographs from numerous time zones and continents, we celebrate Jane Goodall's 90th birthday with ninety wonderful "candles." Family,...
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James JoyceRichard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.Author: Richard EllmannPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished:...
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Jalen Hurts vs. John Elway: Who Would Win?Hall of Famer John Elway is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Jalen Hurts is a rising star quarterback with a bright future ahead. Between them, Hurts and Elway have three Super Bowl appearances and careers full of highlights. But who...
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I Worked for God: A Criminal Investigator's Personal Story of Fighting True EvilExplore the journey of a young boy's transformation into a police officer, his brave fight against crime, and his commitment to protect his community in this riveting true crime narrative.In I Worked for God, the author takes readers on an intimate exploration of a...
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I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here: Finding My Voice, Finding My People, Finding My WayJonathan Conyers introduces us to the teachers, his debate coach, and a boy named Diego who changed his life. Everybody was rooting for Jonathan Conyers after his inspiring story went viral, sparked millions in donations to the Brooklyn Debate League, and captured the heart...
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I've Lived Country MusicExperience the heart and soul of country music with Grammy-nominee Bobby Tomberlin. A journey of dreams, friendships, and songs that shaped a legend. An unmissable love letter to the genre.In I've Lived Country Music, Bobby Tomberlin takes you on an extraordinary journey from his...
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It's Her Story Sacajawea a Graphic NovelA graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Sacajawea was a brilliant, multilingual Shoshone girl who was torn from her home at a young age. In 1804, she set out with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide across...
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It Happened!: A Uniquely Lucky Life in Sports TelevisionFrom HBO's ringside face and voice of boxing, comes a first-person, blow-by-blow account of the evolution of sports television chock full of famous names, history-making events, and never-before-told stories from the world of sports. Jim Lampley's story is a 50-year travelog of an unlikely...
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I Promised I Would TellHolocaust educator and survivor Sonia Schreiber Weitz has been called "a survivor with a poet's eye." Her memoir, I Promised I Would Tell, includes her story of survival and more than two dozen poems through which she bears witness to the unspeakable. Through poetry...
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Into the Mist: An Alzheimer's JourneyInto the Mist is a powerful love story that contains important lessons for general readers as well as caregivers. The compelling narrative carries us through the unexpected ordeal of coping with the worsening signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. No reader will take anything...
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Into That Darkness: An Examination of ConscienceBased on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the five Nazi extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in Hitler's final solution.Author: Gitta SerenyPublisher: VintagePublished: 01/12/1983Pages:...
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Intimate Memories: The Autobiography of Mabel Dodge LuhanAt last edited into one volume, the story of one of 20th-century America's most flamboyant women, from her youth in upper-class Buffalo to her discovery of New Mexico.Author: Lois Palken Rudnick,Mabel Dodge LuhanPublisher: Unm PressPublished: 07/01/2014Pages: 296Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.18h x 6.24w x...
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In the Ghost Shadows: The Untold Story of Chinatown's Most Powerful Crime BossA never-before-seen glimpse into the rarefied world of the Ghost Shadows, New York's powerful Chinese crime organization of the 1970s and '80s--written by the young leader who ran it: reformed gangster Peter Chin. Only in fairy tales can a poor orphan become royalty. But...
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