Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Vegas: A Memoir of a Dark Season"The best book about Sin City ever written . . . [Dunne's] grotesqueries aren't drug-induced, they're very real. His is the genuine Vegas." (Esquire)"In the summer of my nervous breakdown, I went to live in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada." So begins John Gregory...
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Valleys of Death: A Memoir of the Korean War"Richardson never pulls his punches in these vivid descriptions." --Publishers Weekly Caught in the Chinese counterattack at Unsan-one of the deadliest American battles of the Cold War Era-Colonel Bill Richardson led an Alamo like defense of the few survivors before being taken prisoner. The...
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Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a ChampionThe powerful and inspiring story of an all-American wrestler who defied the odds--Now an original movie produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, starring Jennifer Lopez, Jharrel Jerome, Don Cheadle, Michael Pe?a and Bobby Cannavale! Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler, the 2011...
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Unshrinking: How to Face FatphobiaNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - The definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it--from the acclaimed author of Down Girl and Entitled "An elegant, fierce, and profound...
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Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible WorldNavigating the joys, stigma, and discrimination of disabled parenting--and how the solutions offered by disability culture can transform the way we all raise our kids Jessica Slice's disability is exactly what her child needed as a newborn. After becoming disabled a handful of years...
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Trail Talk: Life Lessons on the Sierra Trail, Volume 2A year ago, a young man took a summer job with a horse packer in the Sierra Nevada mountains-and received a valuable education in the art of living. His story was captured in Allen Clyde's first book, Life Lessons on the Sierra Trail, a...
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Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to RunA fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Bruce Springsteen's ground-breaking album, Born to Run - one of the most iconic records in rock history - Tonight in Jungleland combines lush music writing with unprecedented inside access to Springsteen, his bandmates, and the full...
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To Die with Such Men: Frontline Stories from Ukraine's International LegionThis book is Black Hawk Down meets Enemy at the Gates meets Band of Brothers, and it's all true. It tells the story of what happens when careless Western politicians assume we're living the 'end of history', until it turns out that the Great...
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This Is Me, Is That You?: Encounters with SchizophreniaA psychoanalyst's sensitive exploration of schizophrenia through the stories and words of three women patients In the spring of 1994, psychoanalyst-in-training Steven Poser arrived for his clinical internship at one of the last remaining nineteenth-century mental hospitals in New England. Intending to observe and...
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The Woman Who Painted The SeasonsAll Lee Krasner ever wanted was to be an artist. Passionate and determined, she pursued her dream. By her twenties she was Hans Hofmann's best student, and a vanguard of America's first art movement, along with de Kooning, Kline and Pollock. But for most...
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The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the MoonA stunning and intimate biography of Margaret Hamilton, the computer engineer who helped Apollo 11 and mankind get from the Earth to the moon. First-hand accounts, exclusive interviews with the legendary Margaret Hamilton, and detailed science populate the pages of this remarkable biography. In...
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The Weather Officer: The Story of Alonzo Smith Jr. and His Epic Journey Through Forecasting and FlightThe extraordinary true story of a pioneer among America's first Black meteorologists, Alonzo Smith Jr. broke racial barriers in the military and science, and landed at the leading edge of aviation weather forecasting. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures, The Things Our Fathers Saw,...
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The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere"The Way Around is the kind of book my soul perpetually yearns for. It reshaped how I see the world."--Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An ExplorationFor readers of Robert Macfarlane, Rebecca Solnit, and Robert Moor, a multidimensional exploration of ecology, revolution, and homecoming....
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The Water Bag: Life in the far reaches of AustraliaJenny Kroonstuiver has lived and worked in most states of Australia, predominantly in remote areas, from the pastoral industry in Western Australia, to Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, to the mining towns of Mt Isa and Kalgoorlie. The final stages of her working...
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The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion: A MemoirA brilliant debut memoir about a young writer--struggling with depression, family issues, and addiction--and his life-changing decade working for Joan DidionAs an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory Leadbeater was presented with an opportunity to work for a well-known writer whose identity was...
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The Unbreakable Boy: A Father's Fear, a Son's Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love (Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Zachary Levi)The Unbreakable Boy is the raucously tender story of the life of a teenage boy with a rare brittle-bone disease who joyfully embraces life's tragedies and triumphs--and the inspiring story of how his father was transformed through their journey together.Like any other teenage boy,...
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The Sky Was My Blanket: A Young Man's Journey Across Wartime EuropeFrom celebrated Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz comes the gripping and revealing true story of a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe. Born in the tumult of World War I, a young Jewish boy named Yehiel Szulewicz chafes at the borders...
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The Sharpshooter and the Showman: May Lillie, Pawnee Bill, and Their Wild West ShowAuthor: Chris EnssPublisher: Farcountry PressPublished: 05/01/2025Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781560378884
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The Second Crucifixion of Nat TurnerAuthor: John Henrik ClarkePublisher: Black Classic PressPublished: 04/01/1997Pages: 122Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.39dISBN: 9780933121959
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The Role of Women in the American Revolution - History Picture Books Children's History BooksDid you know that women proved to be as strong as men during the American Revolution? Some personalities really stood up for what the believed. Woman power is essential in any community and history will tell you that it's a fact. Help your child...
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