Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This WayFrom the bestselling author of Eat Cake. Be Brave, a love letter to the strong, opinionated Southern women who raised her and surround us all. Lucy and Ethel. Laverne and Shirley. Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, and Rose. Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of them: the...
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Cello: A Journey Through Silence to SoundA cello has no language, yet it possesses a vocabulary wide enough to tell, bear witness, and make connections across time and continents--a feat brought to life in this brilliant new book. In this luminous narrative, Kate Kennedy, a writer and cellist herself, weaves...
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CapyboppyThe true story and adventures of Capyboppy, the Peet family's pet capybara.Author: Bill PeetPublisher: Clarion BooksPublished: 04/29/1985Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.09h x 6.87w x 0.23dISBN: 9780395383681Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 1Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 19557 / CapyboppyAbout the AuthorPeet, Bill:...
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Canoeing with the Cree: 75th Anniversary EditionIn 1930 two novice paddlers--Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port--launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio, motor, or good maps, the teenagers made their...
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By Any Means NecessarySpeeches tracing the evolution of Malcolm X's views on political alliances, women's rights, intermarriage, capitalism and socialism, and more.Author: Malcolm XPublisher: PathfinderPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 227Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.22w x 0.57dISBN: 9780873487542
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But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between CulturesA Harvard Public Health Best Public Health Book of 2024 "This wonderful book is a compass, a blueprint, a mirror, and a friend. Kohli gives language to what many of us feel but can't yet articulate."--Erika L. Sánchez, New York Times bestselling author of...
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Buffett: The Making of an American CapitalistSince its hardcover publication in August of 1995, Buffett has appeared on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsday and Business Week bestseller lists. Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment,...
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Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler's Battle for Glory"Blood& Hate reads like a thriller: a raw, unflinching saga of survival, betrayal, and the kind of obsession that turns underdogs into kings. Wedgedelivers Hagler's story like a haymaker to the jaw-brutal, brilliant, andimpossible to forget."--Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestsellingauthor of The Accidental...
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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First FrontierThe Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors' finest work to date." --Wall Street JournalThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power--Bob...
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Black Men in Science: A Black History Book for KidsIncredible stories of Black men who changed the course of science--for kids ages 8 to 12 All throughout history, Black men have made important contributions to scientific discovery. This collection of biographies for kids explores 15 of these intelligent men and the extraordinary scientific...
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Black Like MeTHE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICA'S SEGREGATED SOUTH "One of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial question."--Atlanta Journal & Constitution In the Deep South of the 1950's, a color line was etched in blood across...
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Birding to Change the World: A MemoirIn this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O'Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid attention to...
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Big Book of Who Women in SportsInspirational and aspirational. Fearless and phenomenal. The 101 women athletes every fan needs to know! Featuring stars from yesterday and today, this fun collection of questions and answers will have kids stumping their friends and adult sports fans with their expert knowledge. The Big...
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Beyonce: A Little Golden Book BiographyThis captivating Little Golden Book biography celebrates Beyoncé's rise from a shy little girl to a world-famous superstar. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a...
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Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt's Journey to His Musical LanguageWinner of NPR Best Books of 2024 Gold Medal, 2024 PubWest Book Design Award Gold Medal, 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal, 2025 IBPA Book Awards Between Two Sounds follows the life of world-famous composer Arvo Pärt from his birth in Estonia...
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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Silver Medal Society of Illustrators * * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Comics Beat, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Kirkus Reviews, and...
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Basketball DreamsFrom NBA All-Star Chris Paul comes an inspirational and uplifting picture book about chasing your basketball dreams and the lessons he learned both on and off the court from his beloved grandfather Papa Chilly. Growing up, young Chris Paul dreamed of playing professional basketball....
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A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary**Order WHAT ART DOES, the new book from Brian Eno and Bette A now** The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition. At the end of 1994, musician, producer...
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Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob): (Poems of Rage, Love, Sex, and Sadness)NATIONAL BESTSELLER Writer, director, and actor Avan Jogia delivers a bright and acidic poetry collection on fame, rage, love, and sadness. A biting postmortem of the modern age, for fans of Lana Del Rey and Atticus. Avan Jogia grew up as a teen idol....
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As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod SerlingIn this deeply intimate and soulful memoir about her father, Anne Serling reveals the fun-loving dad and family man behind the serious figure the public saw hosting The Twilight Zone each week. In 1975, Rod Serling's untimely death at 50 years old left 20-year-old...
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