Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Little Avalanches: A MemoirWinner of the Rubery Book Award for 2024 Nonfiction Book of the Year A daughter's quest for truth. A soldier's fight for survival. Their shared search for understanding. Little Avalanches is a gorgeously written memoir of breathtaking scope that propels readers from the beaches...
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Life's Too Short: A Memoir"Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as I have, there are so many incredible stories in Life's Too Short that I...
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Life on Insulin: A MemoirAndrew J. Schreier was living a normal live until a life-threatening incident led doctors to diagnose him with type one (also known as juvenile) diabetes at age twelve. Suddenly a childhood that had been filled with fun and happy times became defined by insulin...
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Learn, Lead, Serve: A Civic LifeThomas Ehrlich served in the federal administrations of six presidents, beginning with Kennedy in 1962. He was also Dean of Stanford Law School, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, President of Indiana University, and one of the pioneers of the service-learning movement. Weaving together...
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Learning to Soar: How God Miraculously Healed My Quadriplegia While Teaching Me Unwavering FaithA broken neck with spinal cord injury from a diving accident at the age of 23 resulted in me instantly becoming a quadriplegic. In the early days following the accident I felt cheated out of both life and death. As a single mother of...
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La Memoria de un Nombre" Qu? hay en un nombre?" Esta pregunta va m?s all? de la simple combinaci?n de letras y sonidos. Este libro emprende un viaje para desentra?ar el misterio del poder que encierra un nombre.La Memoria de un Nombre no es solo una autobiograf?a. Es...
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La B?squeda de Gobi: Una Perrita Con Un Gran Coraz?n (Una Maravillosa Historia Real)Está es la milagrosa historia de Dion Leonard, un corredor experimentado que se encuentra a una luchadora, perrita callejera mientras compite en una carrera de 15 millas a través del desierto de Gobi.La búsqueda de Gobi es la milagrosa historia de Dion Leonard, un...
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Kobe BryantFor his entire career, Kobe Bryant had an unquenchable drive not just to be great, but to be the very best--to rival Michael Jordan as the number one shooting guard of all time. This fast-paced book traces his entire journey: from his childhood in...
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Keep On The Sunny Side: Reflections On Life's JourneyAn autobiography of an American missionary in Japan, Lila JosephAuthor: Lila JosephPublisher: Mjm GroupPublished: 05/09/2018Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.34dISBN: 9780982776155About the AuthorJoseph, Lila: - Lila Joseph is an author, columnist, teacher and longtime missionary. She traveled to Japan shortly...
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Just Trust LifeIn this gritty memoir about tackling life's challenges with the promise of transcendence, Teilhardian scholar Christine M. Tracy illustrates how seemingly chance encounters with Teilhard's work catalyzed her emotional and spiritual expansion. To read Just Trust Life is to receive a download of Teilhard's...
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Just Add Water: My Swimming LifeA New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine-time...
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Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American ProphetFrom an award-winning biographer, a riveting and deeply researched portrait of Mormonism's charismatic founder Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844) was one of the most successful and controversial religious leaders of nineteenth-century America, publishing the Book of Mormon and starting what would become the Church of...
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J.-K. HuysmansA critical biography of a major novelist and art critic from the late nineteenth-century French decadent movement. J.-K. Huysmans (1848-1907) is often hailed as a forerunner of modernist letters. While his novel À rebours / Against Nature remains infamous for its reclusive protagonist retreating...
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JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography"Fascinating...the fullest portrait of Kennedy ever written." --The Washington Post The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate and detailed look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and...
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Jesusland: Stories from the Upside Down World of Christian Pop CultureUsing a blend of cultural criticism, humor, and personal memoir akin to Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror or Grace Perry's The 2000s Made Me Gay, Joelle Kidd writes about her evangelical adolescence through the lens of Christian pop culture of the early 2000s, giving readers...
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James Harden vs. Kobe Bryant: Who Would Win?Kobe Bryant and James Harden are two of the most successful basketball players of all time. They faced each other 30 times in NBA games while their careers overlapped. Bryant's legendary career included five NBA championships. Harden is one of the few players in...
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I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here: Finding My Voice, Finding My People, Finding My WayAs seen on Humans of New York, Jonathan Conyers introduces us to the teachers, his debate coach, a homeless man, and a boy named Diego who changed his life. Booklist calls it "a moving story about finding your supporters and building your future." Everybody...
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: A Spiritual Reappraisal, 1946-1955 Volume 2During the post-Holocaust period, Isaac Bashevis Singer's artistic vision underwent a total transformation. Writing for the Yiddish daily Forverts in New York, with the Cold War and McCarthyism gripping American hearts and minds, Singer dove deep into his cultural and spiritual heritage in a...
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In Your Defence: Stories of Life and LawI loved this book. It made my heart sing. Written by a woman in the law with compassion, wit and legal know-how, these true life courtroom stories tell it like it is. - Helena Kennedy QCSarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to...
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In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unintentional Lessons in Happiness"Got an urgent 'you've got to read this book' note from buddy Armen Keteyian, and I'm glad he was insistent . . . Good read, and some very good lessons." --Peter King, Sports IllustratedIt's 2008. Jim Axelrod--once among the most visible correspondents on network...
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