Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Plain Jayne: A MemoirFrom award-winning actress and sports broadcaster Jayne Kennedy comes a compelling, inspirational, and unflinchingly honest memoir about her rise in Hollywood and beyond. Jayne Kennedy is one of the most photographed, glamorous, and intriguing women ever to set foot in Hollywood. Perhaps best known...
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Pieces You'll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely SurvivalA life-altering neurological disorder. A traumatic birth. An unlikely survival. Pieces You'll Never Get Back is a harrowing and redemptive memoir, in which a new mother must reconstruct her shattered mind, her relationship to her religious upbringing, and her life's purpose At 29, as...
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Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to CreateWho am I to tell my story? And how can we grant ourselves permission to write the stories we're compelled to tell when we've been told we shouldn't? Without fail, almost every writer--new or experienced--has faced dire questions of permission and story ownership: there...
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Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of ToysDiscover the backstory of one of America's favorite toys, the yo-yo, in this colorful biography of businessman Pedro Flores.It can spin and roll, leap and twirl. You can stretch it between your hands or swing it between your legs. The tricks you can do...
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Pedal Pusher: How One Woman's Bicycle Adventure Helped Change the WorldAnnie Cohen Kopchovsky was ready to ride her bicycle.Not to the market.Not around the block.Not across town.Annie was going to ride her bike all theway around the world. In 1894, when two men bet that a woman could never bicycle around the world, as...
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Pageboy: A Memoir#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023"A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023"A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction"An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" "Vivid...Moving...Juicy" - NPR "Eloquent and enthralling..." --Washington Post"Searing, deeply moving, and...
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Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington DickinsonEmily Dickinson's uncensored and breathtaking letters, poems, and letter-poems to her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington DickinsonFor the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence with her childhood friend, neighbor, and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. Open Me Carefully...
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Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and PresentAn accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation An American Indian Library Association...
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Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free PeopleFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography - A Washington Post Notable Book - Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award -One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best History Books of the Year - One of AAIHS's Best Black History Books of...
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Native American Stories for Kids: 12 Traditional Stories from Indigenous Tribes Across North AmericaExplore Native American narratives--for kids ages 6 to 9Get a head start on this school year's history lesson by learning all about Native American history. Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures...
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Monsters: A Fan's DilemmaA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A timely, passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of cancel culture, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. Can we love the work of...
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American ReckoningNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - ONE OF TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE - A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness "Brilliant . . . To read this...
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Mildred's Mindset: Wisdom from a Woman CentenarianWhen Mildred Kirschenbaum celebrated her 99th birthday, her daughter Gayle shared a video of her on Instagram, setting off a viral sensation. Gayle, initially using her account for photography, redirected the spotlight to showcase her mother's wisdom and the unique bond they share. The...
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Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West2025 Winner of The Fletcher School's Best Book on U.S.-Russian Relations One of The Cipher Brief's "Best National Security Reads for 2024" A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow...
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Men's Soccer Legends 2025Who are the best players in world soccer today? Is Man City's Erling Haaland still the most prolific in front of goal or is it Harry Kane at Bayern Munich? Which midfielder has the greatest impact on a game - Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham...
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Memorial Days: A MemoirA heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey to peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met...
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Meditations: With Selected CorrespondenceThe Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known and most popular works of ancient philosophy, offering spiritual reflections on how best to understand the universe and one's place within it. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront...
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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A revealing personal life story like no other--enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering--and a testament to the world-making power of Black motherhood "A fascinating memoir of Tina Knowles's journey to become the global figure she...
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Martin Van Buren: America's First PoliticianA new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power. Martin Van Buren was...
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Manual Not IncludedIn thoughtful, candid, and often funny vignettes, Hilaria Baldwin--mother, wellness expert, and star of TLC's The Baldwins--reveals the highs and lows and unpredictable outtakes from her different and not-so-different life. There's no set of instructions when it comes to navigating the challenges life throws...
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