Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Audrey Hepburn: A Little Golden Book BiographyHelp your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about film legend and humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as fans of all ages! This Little Golden Book about Audrey...
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Anything But Bland: Moxie, Murdaugh, and Making Life Happen on Your Own Terms"Anything But Bland is not only the behind-the-scenes of how Eric bravely helped expose and bring down one of South Carolina's most notorious criminals, it's a story about what happens when you make every moment, every action and every decision count toward building a...
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Antoine de Saint-ExupéryIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the talented pilot and writer. Little Antoine grew up in Lyon, France. He was a curious and creative child who enjoyed reading fairy...
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Another Word for Love: A MemoirA transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing. In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in America. Wallace...
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Anima: A Wild PastoralIn Anima, Kapka Kassabova introduces us to the "pastiri" people--the shepherds struggling to hold on to an ancient way of life in which humans and animals exist in profound interdependence. Following her three previous books set in the Balkans, and with an increasinging interest...
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And on Piano ...Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rock's Greatest Session ManThe Beatles. The Rolling Stones. The Who. The Kinks. The Jefferson Airplane. Joe Cocker. Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Yardbirds. Harry Nilsson. At the heart of their music, and of hundreds of others, was one man and a piano: Nicky Hopkins. For three generations, rock'n'roll...
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An Altar in the World: A Geography of FaithIn the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World, acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey by building upon where she left off in Leaving Church. With the honesty of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) and the spiritual depth of...
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American Sniper: Memorial EditionThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper...
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Amelia EarhartIn this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Amelia Earhart, the American aviation pioneer. When Amelia was young, she liked to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird. As a...
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Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion IconA fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women's issues.Those who recognize the name Amelia Bloomer usually do so because of bloomers, the clothing item named after her. While she was a rational dress advocate...
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A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth HigginsonFew Americans covered as much ground as Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Born in 1823 to a family descended from Boston's Puritan founders, he attended Harvard, like all the men in his family, and prepared for the settled life of a minister. Instead, he rejected both...
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Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations ForceThe New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms.In the predawn hours of...
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All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their MoneyA USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER A journey through the personal money stories of the US presidents and how they built wealth--or didn't. Was Harry Truman really our poorest president or simply a man up at 2 a.m. struggling with financial anxiety? Did...
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A Life Made From Scratch: Lessons from a Controversial Congresswoman, Mompreneur, and Unstoppable Political ActivistA Life Made From Scratch is a brutally honest, frequently funny memoir about Marie Newman's rise to "controversial" congresswoman, mother of a transgender daughter, antibullying activist, and CEO. Marie shares the stories of her hard-fought business and political wins and losses, while managing her...
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A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa"I was struck by how beautifully D'Aquino's renderings capture the spirit of Asawa's work." --The New York Times Book Review "Through this picture-book contribution, not only will Asawa's art reach a new audience, but her artistic practice will inspire the next generation of creative...
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A House in Bali"It remains one of the most penetrating and illuminating books on the island's elusive, alluring culture." -- National Geographic A House in Bali tells the fascinating story of renowned writer and composer Colin McPhee's obsession with Balinese gamelan music, and of his journey to...
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Against the American Grain: A Borderlands History of ResistanceA celebration of the artists, activists, writers and resisters from the borderlands of the American Southwest. James Beard Award winning Nabhan (Agave Spirits) profiles agents of change like Dolores Huerta, John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez, and many more. A century ago, William Carlos Williams's In...
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After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human HeartA moving and penetrating memoir of a life in biography from the Pulitzer Prize winner and "gifted storyteller" (Judith Thurman, The New Yorker).Megan Marshall's innovative books, including The Peabody Sisters and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Margaret Fuller, are treasured works of American biography. In the...
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A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious ChristianityWhen your faith begins to feel too small, too confining, you could choose to leave it. But what if the faith we inhabit is roomier than we'd thought? What if our collapsing faith is just a closet in a much larger dwelling? Disillusioned by...
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Adam Lemp and the Western BreweryJohann Adam Lemp ranks among the most influential figures in St. Louis history, the founder of a brewery that left an indelible mark on the city. But the story of the German-American founder of the famous Lemp Brewery still lies shrouded in mystery in...
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