Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded EditionThe comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien,...
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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports EmpireThe "deeply researched, surprise-on-every-page, and altogether marvelous" (Weekly Standard) tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14...
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The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the Fbi's Original MindhunterThe legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and...
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The Ground You Stand Upon: Life of a Skytrooper in Vietnam"In Vietnam today, you will hold only the ground you stand upon."Step into the depths of the deepest dark forest and see this war through my dad's eyes in this award-winning true story of his experience in Vietnam's deadly Central Highlands.Twenty-year-old Will Bowe is...
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The Gentle No: Wanting What Wasn't for MeAs the eldest child born to a single mother, I was parentified at a young age. On the weekends when my mother worked as a nurse at the local hospital and all I wanted to do was be a kid, I was responsible for...
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create...
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The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made ofA 2023 Good Housekeeping Kids Book Award Winner A Science Friday 2023 Best Book PickA Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2023 2024 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor BookFour Starred Reviews! A poetic picture book celebrating the...
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The Everything Kids' Football Book, 8th Edition: All-Time Greats, Legendary Teams, and Today's Favorite Players--With Tips on Playing Like a ProPacked with fan favorite games and puzzles, inspirational player profiles, and instructions on how to play the game, The Everything Kids' Football Book is returning for a new season with updated stats and an all-new section on flag football. Everything kids need to know...
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The Curve of Time"Our world then was both wide and narrow -- wide in the immensity of sea and mountain; narrow in that the boat was very small, and we lived and camped, explored and swam in a little realm of our own making." -- M. Wylie...
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The Complete Book of Us Presidents, Fifth Edition: Updated for 2024Discover the history and personal stories of 47 US Presidents in this beautifully illustrated volume. From the first president, George Washington, to the forty-seventh, Donald J. Trump, the United States has seen a host of extraordinary men take office. Their stories are all included...
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The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century MillerThe now-classic tale of a sixteenth-century miller facing the Roman Inquisition. The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of...
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of JournalismPulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Winner of the Carnegie...
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The Book of (More) Delights: EssaysFrom bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over...
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The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who Lost FaithTrue stories, especially miracles, are the best kind. They give us a reason to believe in ourselves, in others, in good, and mostly, reason to believe in God. After decades of trauma, loss, abuse, and severe autism, one mom decided to give up on...
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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of HollywoodHere for the first time is the incredible true story of the making of Chinatown--the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. IN Sam Wasson's The Big Goodbye, the story of Chinatown becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period...
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The Beach Boys'There's love in the music and people can relate to the love, regardless of whether you're two years old or 92 years old. For me, music is about love. Love is the message I want to share. I hope people feel that in my...
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The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800Learn about the American Revolutionary War directly from those who lived through it in this young adult nonfiction book from Milton Meltzer, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honoree and winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal.Most of us know about the American Revolution from only...
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The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the WorldA hypnotically fast-paced, masterful reporting of Harry Truman's first 120 days as president, when he took on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and a secret weapon of unimaginable power--marking the most dramatic rise to greatness in American history.Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his well-praised...
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Ten Days in a MadhouseTen Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly is a groundbreaking work of investigative journalism that offers a harrowing look inside the conditions of 19th-century mental asylums. Disguising herself as a patient, Bly gains admittance to the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island, where...
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Taylor SwiftYour wildest dreams have come true. Get an insider's look at Taylor Swift's life and achievements in this pocket-sized collectible hardcover book for Swifties of all ages. Are you ready for it? 100+ stunning photos and clued-in commentary from top music and culture writers...
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