Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold on"[A] joyful ode to the awesome ability of pop-culture arcana to create a solid community." --The New York Times A memoir reflecting on heartbreak, perseverance, and life lessons learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering the Vampire...
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Sister, Soldier, Surgeon: The Life and Courage of Sister Deirdre Byrne, M.D.Meet a modern-day Joan of Arc. Whether in scrubs, camouflage, or a religious habit, Sr. Dede Byrne, in her threefold calling as a professed religious sister, renowned surgeon, and U.S. Army colonel, inspire us to both virtue and action. If the apostles had remained...
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Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific HistoryThe extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced...
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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless ScientistOne of New York Times' Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls!This is the story of a woman who dared to dive, defy, discover, and inspire. This is the story of Shark Lady. One of the best science picture books for children, Shark Lady...
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See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love#1 LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER - FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE - An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love. "In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur shows us how to...
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Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in AmericaIn the tradition of Evicted and Invisible Child, a "moving, real-life saga" (The New Yorker) that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to keep her family together and her children in school amid the devastating housing crisis--from the bestselling...
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Scarred: A Memoir of a Childhood Stolen and a Life ReclaimedA memoir of trauma and transformation by a man who was haunted by childhood abuse but who fought his way back--a journey from vengeance and prison to freedom and redemption. For a boy growing up in the 1970s, rural northern New Jersey was a...
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Sailing Alone Around the WorldThe classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas - the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly. Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable - and entertaining - travel narratives of all time. Setting...
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Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair#1 New York Times Bestseller Don't panic--Mercury Stardust, AKA The Trans Handy Ma'am is here to help! For too many people, the simple act of contacting a plumber or repair person can feel like a game of chance. As a transwoman and a professional...
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes"An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review The star of her school's running team, Sadako is lively and athletic...until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life--the race against...
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Runs in the Family: An Incredible True Story of Football, Fatherhood, and BelongingA revelatory examination of the choices we make as parents and children, explored through the true story of an adopted Black man on a journey to find his biological family and discover where and to whom he truly belongs. Runs in the Family follows...
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Recollections of Charles KirkIn this engaging memoir, Charles Kirk shares his memories of a life well-lived. From his childhood in rural America to his adventures as a young man traveling the world, Kirk's recollections are full of insight and humor. A fascinating read for anyone interested in...
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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist PunkAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini...
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Reality Check: Making the Best of the Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison2024 Nonfiction Book of the Year, Outstanding Creator Awards Winner, Outstanding Creator Awards Winner, Best Book Awards Addiction & Recovery Finalist, Best Book Awards Autobiography/Memoir Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino gives fans the inside scoop they've been begging for with his explosive tell-all. In this...
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Reading the Waves: A MemoirThe frank and revealing memoir of a writer who draws from her own creativity to heal. "I believe our bodies are carriers of experience," Lidia Yuknavitch writes in her provocative memoir Reading the Waves. "I mean to ask if there is a way to...
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Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National ParksFor twelve years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue...
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Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth about My FatherThe untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this "engrossing and absolutely terrifying read" (San Francisco Chronicle) traces one daughter's moving quest to understand the truth about her father, the serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards, while confronting cold cases, unsolved murders,...
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Rain of GoldRain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the days of Prohibition in California. It all began when Villase or's maternal grandmother sat him...
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Putin vs. Zelensky: The Russo-Ukrainian War: Why It's Happening and How It All Got StartedEverything you needed to know about the war between Russia and Ukraine as told by children's nonfiction author Ben Thompson (Guts & Glory series). Conversational and straightforward, this is a must-read for any reader looking to have a better understanding of the current global...
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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the AfterlifeThe #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience--for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly...
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