Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Evin Prison Bakers' Club: Surviving Iran's Most Notorious Prisons in 16 Recipes16 recipes testifying to the sisterhood and solidarity forged in the most notorious prisons in Iran 'A remarkable testimony to women's bravery, compassion and solidarity in the harshest of conditions... Think Nigella crossed with Nelson Mandela.' SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A fighting...
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The Education of Henry Adams: An AutobiographySelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams, ' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' His political ideals shaped by...
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The Dirt Beneath Our Door: My Journey to Freedom After Escaping a Polygamous Mormon Cult"Jones' remarkable story is impossible to put down." --Booklist "Shocking, sad and hopeful." --The Minneapolis Star Tribune "This gripping story of survival, resilience, and hope is one I will not soon forget." --Ruth Wariner, New York Times Bestselling Author, The Sound of Gravel For...
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The Diary of a Young GirlThe Diary of a Young Girl started two days before Anne Frank's thirteenth birthday. In 1942, the Nazis had occupied Holland, and her family left their home to go into hiding, as they were Jews. Anne Frank recorded daily events, her personal experiences and...
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The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great ChefAn exhilarating memoir from the original "bad boy" of cooking and a thrilling look behind the doors of a 3-star kitchen. Without question, the original rock-star chef is Marco Pierre White. Anyone with even a passing interest in the food world knows White is...
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The Devil Finds Work: An EssayFrom "the best essayist in this country" (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness. Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered...
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The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki: And the Thousand Paper Cranes**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner****Middle School Book of the Year -- Northern Lights Book Awards****Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner** For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war,...
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the SolutionsA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale...
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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and SurvivalThe stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive in the midst of the Bosnian genocide-and the stray cat who protected her family through it all.*Six Starred Reviews*"Extraordinary." - Booklist "A must-read." - School Library Journal "Unforgettable." - Kirkus "Gripping." - Foreword "Excellent."...
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The Catastrophe Hour: Selected EssaysFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of The Unspeakable and The Problem with Everything comes a new collection of unputdownable essays. "For the last five or six years, on many afternoons around 4 or 5 p.m., I've been overcome with the sensation that my...
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill ClubA Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Winner At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the...
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The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen LivesA scholar and bookmaker "breathes both books-as-objects and their creators back into life" (Financial Times) in this five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them Books tell all kinds of stories--romances, tragedies, comedies--but if we learn to read the signs...
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer HomeFaced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist...
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The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains"Drawn from decades of journal entries and years of experience, the book is full of stories and tangible tips about how to live and travel well in the backcountry"--Outside 2023 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides 2023 Banff Mountain Book Award...
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The Art of Clear Thinking: A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough DecisionsTHE #2 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Based on a career of making high-stakes, split-second decisions as a U.S. fighter pilot, The Art of Clear Thinking teaches readers to apply Hasard Lee's combat-tested techniques in everyday life. The training to become a fighter pilot is...
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The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's RightsAn LA Times Best Book of the Year, Christopher Award Winner, and Chautauqua Prize Finalist! "Engrossing... examines the major events of the mid 19th century through the lives of three key figures in the abolitionist and women's rights movements." --Smithsonian From the executive editor...
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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A MemoirThe never-thought-we'd-see-it memoir from the legendary Sly Stone.Sly Stone created some of the most memorable anthems of the 1960s and 1970s ("Everyday People," "Family Affair"). He electrified audiences at Woodstock and all over the world. His influence on modern music and culture is indisputable....
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Taylor Swift: Superstar!Taylor Swift is a singer, songwriter, and superstar! Fans ages 4-6 will love learning about their favorite music icon in this Step 2 hardcover biography! Is your child a Swiftie in their "wanting to know more" Era? This biography is the perfect fit! Follow...
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Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy CaptainInspiring lessons learned from a lifetime of honor, service, and leadership from Captain Brett Crozier, the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and renowned Navy officer. Amid one of the darkest times in American history, it was a moment that...
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Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside ParsonsNow a CBS All Access series created by Mark Heyman with executive producer Ridley Scott. ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSIONscreamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plot line...
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