Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood DreamFor readers of Sam Wasson and Glenn Frankel, a cultural history about the making and lasting significance of Sunset Boulevard, whose piercing--and in many ways, prophetic--critiques of fame continue to resonate today. Great films are born of great collaborations, and Sunset Boulevard represents one...
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Queen of All Mayhem: The Blood-Soaked Life and Mysterious Death of Belle Starr, the Most Dangerous Woman in the WestA riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West. On February 3, 1889, just two days shy of her forty-first birthday, Myra Maybelle Shirley--better known at that point by her outlaw sobriquet "Belle Starr"--was blown...
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Pure Innocent Fun: EssaysNATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this nostalgic and raucous collection of sixteen original essays, Ira Madison III--critic, television writer, and host of the beloved Keep It podcast--combines memoir and criticism to offer a brand-new pop-culture manifesto. "This is the most fun I've had reading all...
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Proof of Life: Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your LifeNATIONAL BESTSELLER An urgent rallying cry to stop holding back and start living life on your terms. Jen Pastiloff convinced herself My life is fine and fine's enough, until the whisper that something was missing turned full-on scream. This is Pastiloff's account of how...
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Princesses of Heaven: The FlowersPrincesses of Heaven is a picture book for young girls ages 3-8 written and illustrated by Disney artist Fabiola Garza. This breathtaking book shares the stories of St. Joan of Arc, St. Josephine Bakhita, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Narcisa de Jesus, St. Lucy Yi...
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Presidents at War: How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, from Eisenhower and JFK Through Reagan and BushSteven M. Gillon, historian and New York Times bestselling author, is back with the story of how WWII shaped the characters and politics of seven American presidents. World War II loomed over the latter half of the twentieth century, transforming every level of American...
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Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country CooksNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poet laureate of Kentucky."With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson cements herself as one of the most...
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Pilgrim at Tinker CreekWinner of the Pulitzer Prize"The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. . . . There is an ambition about [Dillard's] book that I like. . . . It is the ambition to feel." -- Eudora Welty, New York...
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Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien★ "It's a beautiful tribute. An accessible and inspiring mini-biography, delightfully illustrated."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Just in time for the 75th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe comes Painting Wonder, an enchanting picture book biography about the artist whose illustrations brought...
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Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2023 A TOP TEN BOOK OF 2023 AT CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about...
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Our Country's Presidents, 2024 Edition: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. PresidencyRevised and updated to include the winner of the 2024 presidential election, this photo-filled and fact-packed book is a timely must-have reference. National Geographic presents the 45 individuals who have led the U.S. in this up-to-date, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated family, school, and library...
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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerA young readers edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus was the inspiration for the blockbuster film, Oppenheimer. This brand-new edition introduces the next generation to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures. J....
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Open: An Autobiography#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. - "Agassi's memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game." --Time "Honest in a way that such...
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisFrom award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an empire that doesn't consider you fully human. On October 25th, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar...
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No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in ChildbirthNOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER INSPIRATION FOR HOW TO CREATE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND IS THE UNLIKELY STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN LEAVES MADISON AVENUE AND TACKLES THE GLOBAL MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS HEAD ON--PREFACED BY A POWERFUL FOREWORD BY BEST-SELLING...
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North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of AlaskaHailed as a "worthy successor" to John McPhee (Kirkus Reviews), Ben Weissenbach --a digital native with little prior wilderness experience--embarks on a series of scientific adventures across the wilds of Alaska with some of the state's most distinguished and audacious researchers. At the age...
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No Ordinary LoveThree untold, true stories. Three different stages of survival. Three women share their experiences of intimate partner violence, vowing to no longer remain silent. But the countdown is on for them to speak up and say, no more. In an unspoken story of survival,...
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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden RaidTHE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER No Ordinary Dog is the powerful true story of a SEAL Team Operator and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission,...
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No One Told Sandra Day O'Connor What to Do: The First Woman to Serve on the United States Supreme CourtThis engaging biography chronicles the life of Sandra Day O'Connor, from her early Arizona childhood up through the many obstacles she faced in her professional career before becoming the first woman named to the United States Supreme Court. On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day...
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No Less Strange or Wonderful: EssaysCelebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene's No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant and generous meditation--on the complex wonder of being alive, on how to pay attention to even the tiniest (sometimes strangest) details that glitter with insight, whimsy, and deep humanity,...
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