Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American PrisonNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An "extraordinary, unforgettable" (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America's mass incarceration epidemic, from a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100 Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit's...
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Wilding: Returning Nature to Our FarmAn inspiring story about what happens when 3,500 acres of land, farmed for centuries, is left to return to the wild, and about the wilder, richer future a natural landscape can bring. For years Charlie Burrell and his wife, Isabella Tree, farmed Knepp Castle...
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Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a CraftsmanA must-read for the craftsperson, artisan and artist. "In his beautiful book, Peter Korn invites us to understand craftsmanship as an activity that connects us to others, and affirms what is best in ourselves."--Matthew Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft Woodworking, handicrafts --the...
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Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them. Now young readers will see just how similar Laura's true-life story was to her books. Born in 1867...
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Who Was Georgia O'Keeffe?Discover how a little girl raised on a dairy farm grew up to become the first woman ever to have an exhibition of their entire life's work at the Museum of Modern Art in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Who...
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Who Is Greta Thunberg?The inspiring story of a young Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide revolution, told in a new Who HQ Now format for trending topics. When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she wanted to change the world. With a hand-painted sign...
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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest SeasonThe gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and off-the-court drama between Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and Michael Jordan--from New York Times bestselling author Rich Cohen. "Plug in to a world where rivalries really mattered."--Bob...
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What Is the Story of Willy Wonka?#1 New York Times bestselling Who HQ series brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. Grab your golden ticket and learn how Willy Wonka became an internationally popular figure in literature and film. The whimsical, wacky, and wondrous character...
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We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and TrueNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkNamed a Best Book of the Year by The RootChosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir"A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced." --...
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Virginia Wouldn't Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving InventionThe Apgar Score is known the world over: a test given to babies to determine their health moments after they are born. Less well-known is the story of the brilliant, pioneering woman who invented it.Born at the turn of the twentieth century, Virginia "Ginny"...
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Up from SlaveryBorn in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. In this eloquently written book, he describes events in a remarkable life that began in bondage and culminated in worldwide recognition...
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Undaunted Mind: The Intellectual Life of Benjamin FranklinAn exploration of the mind of one of America's most beloved Founding Fathers and most brilliant minds, through the books he read and his social circles in the United States and Europe. Arguably the most intellectual, creative, cosmopolitan, and curious of the Founding Fathers,...
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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space MissionThe long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as...
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The Worlds of Wes Anderson: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic FilmsIn all his films, Wes Anderson turns the mundane into magic by building distinctive and eccentric worlds. But how well do you know the man behind the camera? Discover the inspirations of one of our most revered auteurs with The Worlds of Wes Anderson.Anderson's...
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The Woman WarriorA seminal piece of writing about emigration and identityAuthor: Maxine Hong KingstonPublisher: Picador USAPublished: 01/01/2015Pages: 274Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.62dISBN: 9781447275220This title is not returnable
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The White DarknessFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrilling and powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs. "[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime...
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The Sugar King of California: The Life of Claus SpreckelsWinner of the 2025 Spur Award First Runner Up for the 2025 Eric Hoffer Award in Reference Shortlisted for the 2025 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his...
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The Story of Alexander Hamilton: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Alexander Hamilton--a story about working hard, blazing trails, and fighting for freedomAlexander Hamilton became one of the most important Founding Fathers in American history. He helped win the Revolutionary War against England and invented our nation's first banking system. Before...
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The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex recounts one of the greatest real-life sea adventures of all time. This faithful Warbler Classics edition reproduces First Mate Owen Chase's riveting original 1821 account of the sinking of the Essex by an enormous whale and the fates...
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The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not SleepingA genre-defying debut memoir of insomnia by Betty Trask Prize-winner and one of our most singular stylists, Samantha Harvey.Author: Samantha HarveyPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 05/18/2021Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.30h x 4.90w x 0.70dISBN: 9780802148834About the AuthorSamantha Harvey is the author of The Wilderness, All...
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