Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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100 Miles of Baseball: Fifty Games, One SummerBy the end of the 2016 season, Dale Jacobs and Heidi LM Jacobs both finally admitted to themselves and to each other that they were losing interest in the Tigers and, consequently, in baseball itself--a thread that had not only connected the two of...
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Lawless: A Lawyer's Unrelenting Fight for Justice in a War ZoneIn the summer of 2008 Kimberley Motley quit her job as a public defender in Milwaukee to join a program that helped train lawyers in war-torn Afghanistan. She was 32 at the time, a mother of three who had never traveled outside the U.S....
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Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America"Everyone who reads Henry becomes a witness."--Jack Mayer, author of Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project and Before the Court of Heaven 2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award - Silver for Biography 2018 Best Published Nonfiction - Arizona Authors Association 2017 Gold for...
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Changing Laws: Politics of the Civil Rights EraA deep dive into the politics of the Civil Rights Era, including the passing of new laws and the presidential responses to protest. A terrific way for kids ages 12 to 15 to learn about the Civil Rights Movement, especially as the Black Lives...
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Mae Jemison: The First African American Astronaut Women Astronaut Book Grade 3 Children's BiographiesWho said women can't go to space? Who said African American women can't? Mae Jamison challenged society when she decided to become an astronaut. Read about her inspiring story through this amazing book for third graders. Go ahead and grab a copy for your...
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Prairie Breezes: Odyssey from Pretty PrairiePretty Prairie, dating from the late 1880s and somewhat before the advent of settled agriculture, was linked to the larger world by its location on a rudimentary stage coach line which connected the pioneer towns of Wichita in the south central part of the...
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Full Circle: From Hollywood to Real Life and Back AgainAndrea Barber grew up in front of the world on the beloved sitcom Full House, but then abruptly left Hollywood. Why did she leave and what did she do for twenty years out of the spotlight before returning to television? Find out in her...
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Force of Nature: George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas MovementWinner of the Illinois State Historical Society Outstanding Achievement Award Efforts to preserve wild places in the United States began with the allure of scenic grandeur: Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon. But what about the many significant natural sites too small or fragile to...
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Bette MidlerBette Midler, born on December 1st, 1945, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, US, is a singer, songwriter, actress, comedienne, and film producer. Bette began her professional career in several Off-Broadway plays, before her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway during the...
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The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears HistoryIn The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears History, sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of the NFL's most historic franchises. This work includes quotes from the subjects themselves and former teammates, photos, recaps of...
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A Life Like Anybody Else: How a Man with an Intellectual Disability Fulfilled His American Dream"A book told in the voice of an individual with disabilities is a rarity. This book -- so rich and full, so vivid and moving, so free of clich , so bursting with hope -- is a marvel." -- Rachel Simon, New York Times...
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Living among the Dead: My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and StrengthThis is the story of one remarkable woman's unimaginable journey through the rise of the Nazi regime, the Second World War, and the aftermath. Mania Lichtenstein's dramatic story of survival is narrated by her granddaughter and her memories are interwoven with beautiful passages of...
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A Door to Their Hearts: A Ferro Family MemoirGrowing up in a Sicilian family with most of its members born and raised in America, Jeannine was eager to grasp a deeper understanding of her true heritage, not the Americanized version. She'd known that her maternal grandparents, Giuseppe Ferro and Angela Luca, had...
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It Is Written: A Journey to Discovering the FatherAuthor, Adria King, writes about the aftermath of losing her dad at young age and reassures readers that everything we think we lost can be found in Jesus. How do you navigate growing up without an earthly father present as a young girl? At...
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Father ten Boom, God's ManCasper ten Boom knew what it meant to work hard, go without, and suffer loss. But the hardships of his life only strengthened his dedication to serving the Lord, loving people, and devoting his heart to his wife and children. He opened the doors...
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Ring the HillAlways engaging, charming, funny and often moving . . . It made me want to pull on my stoutest boots and follow in his footsteps' Stephen Fry 'Beautiful, funny, fascinating, impossible-to-categorise . . . Like going on a great ramble with a knowledgeable, witty,...
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James Madison: A Captivating Guide to an American Founding Father Who Served as the Fourth President of the United States of AmericaExplore the Captivating Life of James MadisonJames Madison earned the title "Father of the Constitution." How did this man who was diminutive of stature with a weak constitution produce such an energetic document? Through more than 200 years, it stands like a silent sentinel...
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A Lifetime of Grouse and Woodcock Hunting with English SettersInterest in bird dogs was planted as a seed in Rodger Lundell when he saw his first grouse flush at age five. From the mid-1940s to present, grouse and woodcock hunting has served as his major diversion on a year-round basis, hunting in season...
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Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in EssaysIn her fiction, Claire Messud has specialized in creating unusual female characters with ferocious, imaginative inner lives (Ruth Franklin, New York Times Magazine). Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write opens a window on Messud's own life: a peripatetic upbringing; a...
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The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, the Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican CartelThe Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an unforgettable adventure that's as...
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