Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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A Dream Called Home: A Memoir"Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true." --Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman's quest to find her...
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A Child Called "It"This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games...
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Absolutely on Music: ConversationsA deeply personal, intimate conversation about music and writing between the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and the former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the...
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A Book of LifePeter Kingsley's Book of Life is the culmination and completion of an extraordinary body of work. As a historian he has revolutionized our understanding of ancient philosophy and religion; as a mystic, he introduced us to what philosophy and religion are meant to be.Hauntingly...
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81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness"A riveting...saga of survival against formidable odds" (Washington Post) about one man who survived a World War II plane crash in Alaska's harsh Yukon territoryShortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily...
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72 Stories: From the Baseball Collection of Geddy LeeGeddy Lee, the beloved, iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and New York Times bestselling author of My Effin' Life, shares the stories behind some of the special pieces in his lovingly curated and extensive baseball collection.One of the greatest bass...
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10/7: 100 Human StoriesWinner of the National Jewish Book Awards' 2024 Jewish Book of the Year and The Natan Fund's Winter 2025 Notable Book Award! The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home.On October 7, 2023--the...
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You Never Know: A Memoir***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of...
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Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry.A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view!Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses,...
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Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals, and Cooperstown: A Baseball MemoirA freewheeling memoir of baseball, journalism, and New York spanning over 50 years of America's pastime Before he'd covered dozens of World Series; before he'd written about countless hirings, firings, superstars, and scandals, Bill Madden was a cub reporter on one of his first...
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Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the WorldA collection of charmingly illustrated and inspiring profiles of fifty pioneering female artists, from the eleventh century to today--by the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science "A beautifully illustrated, fact-filled breath of fresh air! Countless women have been left out of...
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With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard ThurmanHoward Thurman was a unique man-a black minister, philosopher, and educator whose vitality and vision touched the lives of countless people of all races, faiths, and cultures. Index; photographs.Author: Howard ThurmanPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 10/14/1981Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.80dISBN: 9780156976480
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Winter Solstice: An EssayBOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER - LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER - BOSTON.COM BOOKCLUB SELECTION A celebration and meditation on the season for drinking hot chocolate, spotting a wreath on a neighbor's door, experiencing the change in light of shorter days. All aspects of Winter, from the...
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Why Soccer Matters: A Look at More Than Sixty Years of International SoccerPelé--legendary footballer and humanitarian--explores the sport's recent history and shares his most inspiring experiences, heartwarming stories, and hard-won wisdom. "I know in my heart that soccer was good to me, and great to the world....I saw, time and again, how the sport improved countless...
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Who Was Thomas Jefferson?Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? It's true. The shy Virginia statesman refused at first, but then went on to author one of our nation's most important and inspiring documents. The third U.S....
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Who Was Sally Ride?In 1978, Sally Ride, a PhD candidate at Standford University, responded to a newspaper ad to join the US astronaut program. She was accepted and became the first American woman astronaut to fly in space! Among her other accomplishments, she played tennis like a...
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Who Was Ronald Reagan?From his childhood in rural Illinois to moviemaking days in Hollywood and on to a career in politics that took him all the way to the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan kept an abiding faith in America and in what our country stood for. The...
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Who Was Queen Elizabeth I?Our bestselling series is fit for a queen!The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A...
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Who Was Michelangelo?Travel to Renaissance Italy and learn about the young apprentice who went on become a true master, and one of the most beloved sculptors and painters of all time in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series! Michelangelo created...
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Who Was Isaac Newton?Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that...
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