Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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After the Fall: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've MadeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Vital reading for Americans and people anywhere who seek to understand what is happening 'after the fall' of the global system created by the United States" (New York Journal of Books), from the former White House aide, close confidant...
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The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir: Adapted for Young AdultsAdapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates. As a child, Ta-Nehisi...
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century JapanJapan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the moment, having no interest in the future and disdain for...
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No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza StripSurvival, Resilience, and Hope: Life Stories from the Gaza StripNo Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip by Brian K. Barber is an extraordinary memoir that offers an in-depth look at the personal experiences of three Palestinian families living...
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Baseball book for kids 9-12: Inspirational Legends Stories, Facts and Trivia for Heroic Boys !Looking For That Book for Baseball Lovers That Amazes and Educates your Little Leaguer?Would you like your child or teen to absorb mental toughness, perseverance, resilience, and teamwork from those baseball GOATS while he spends a funny and stimulating moment?We've got you covered! This...
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Meet Caitlin Clark: Basketball SuperstarCaitlin Clark has gotten more buzz than any other female basketball player in history. And for good reason. In 2024, the starting guard for the Indiana Fever scored more points than any other college women's player had ever scored in a season and led...
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Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language ProtectorGrowing up, Ella Cara Deloria loved listening to her family tell stories in the Dakota language. As an adult, she recorded many Native American peoples' stories and languages and shared them with everyone. She helped protect her people's language for future generations. From recording...
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Crushed: The Boys That Never Liked Me Back(girl + boy) heartbreak2 + surprises = a rom-com in real life While tying the bows on her wedding invitations, Kiersten's fiancé walked in and told her he didn't think he loved her, and maybe never had.... Oh, and he'd cheated. At a place...
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Halle BaileyWho inspires you? Learn more about hard-working and award-winning actors and singers in these profiles filled with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. Complete with overviews of the artists' upbringings, accomplishments, and statistics that make them inspiring, this series of short biographies...
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The King of Wings: An Italian-American Chef's Journey to Culinary FameThe King of WingsA Memoir of Flavor, Hustle, and 400 Wings That Changed EverythingFrom frying his first batch in a small-town kitchen to becoming the mastermind behind over 400 wing flavors, Bruno Pascale's story is anything but ordinary. In this high-energy memoir, Bruno takes...
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Take Heart: Hopeful & Humorous Lessons From A Two-Time Transplant RecipientHow do you stay positive when life delivers the unthinkable? For David Craig, this isn't a hypothetical question. At just twenty years old, his life took an unexpected turn when what he dismissed as bronchitis turned out to be heart failure.Thirty-five years, two heart...
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Doing Life In A Small TownHave you ever had memories of yesteryear that were so vivid, you could smell the scenery? What about recalling fond thoughts of days gone by that seemed so real that they tugged at your emotions? Doing Life in a Small Town does just that....
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Just Telling the True Facts: Grace in the fire, Strength in the StruggleUnveiling the Unspoken: An African American's Journey through the Unforgiving Terrain of 1930s-40s Tennessee: Struggles, Strength, and the Quest for Equality.Step back in time and experience the raw and emotional journey of an African American growing up in the harsh landscape of Tennessee during...
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Unmasking The Humourist: Alexander Gordon's Lost Essays of Colonial Charleston, South CarolinaColonial America's Greatest Literary Mystery Solved at LastUnmasking The Humourist is a groundbreaking literary investigation that solves one of Colonial America's greatest mysteries: Who wrote The Humourist essays published in the South-Carolina Gazette in 1753-1754? For centuries, these satirical, sharp-witted essays remained orphaned, their...
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City"Involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists--that of free Tibet. . . . Fervent and admirably unsentimental . . . [David-Neel] had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive."-- New York Times Book ReviewOriginally published in 1927, My Journey to Lhasa...
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An American Childhood"An American Childhood more than takes the reader's breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you're a different person, one who has virtually experienced another childhood." -- Chicago TribuneA book that instantly captured...
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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest TragedyOn May 10, 1996, Lene Gammelgaard became the first Scandinavian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But a raging storm and human error conspired to turn triumph into catastrophe. Eight of her team's climbers, including its renowned leader Scott Fischer, perished in...
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Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the Southeastern ConferenceThere is no college ball more passionate and competitive than football in the Southeastern Conference, where seven of the twelve schools boast stadiums bigger than any in the NFL and 6.5 million fans hit the road every year to hoot and holler their teams...
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The Education of an Idealist: A MemoirA NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERAn intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human rights advocate, and former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. Named one of the best books of the year: The New York...
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Soon and Very Soon: The Transformative Music and Ministry of Andraé CrouchThe first biography of arguably the most influential gospel artist of the 20th century, brought to life through interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family Gospel singer and seven-time Grammy winner Andraé Crouch (1942-2015) hardly needs introduction. His compositions-"The Blood Will Never Lose Its...
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