Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. ReyIn 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southern France with children's book manuscripts among their few possessions. Louise Borden combed primary resources, including Hans Rey's pocket diaries,...
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The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American SwamiWithin this extraordinary memoir, Radhanath Swami weaves a colorful tapestry of adventure, mysticism, and love. Readers follow Richard Slavin from the suburbs of Chicago to the caves of the Himalayas as he transforms from young seeker to renowned spiritual guide. The Journey Home is...
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The History of the Civil Rights Movement: Notable Events for Young ReadersAn introduction to the history of the civil rights movement for kids ages 6 to 9 Years ago, American laws were unfair to Black people. Black people were not allowed to shop in the same stores as white people, eat at the same restaurants,...
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The Happy Leader: Relatable stories of influence and hope.Each chapter focuses on some of the author's favorite quotes and lessons learned throughout life, first as a child, then a student, and finally as an adult professional. There are themes that touch on leadership. mentorship, motivation, courage, inspiration, perseverance and hard work, and...
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling" (Wall Street Journal)--the definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built--and then lost--over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the...
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The Glory of Giving Everything: The Taylor Swift Business ModelUnlock the secrets to business success with the powerhouse strategies of Taylor Swift In The Glory of Giving Everything: The Taylor Swift Business Model, author Crystal Haryanto delves into the extraordinary business dynamics behind Taylor Swift's career. This book addresses how Swift has not...
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The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A MemoirMerging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American's search for home and belonging on her own terms.In The Gloomy Girl Variety Show, Freda Epum explores the opposing forces of her "no-place, no-where" identity as a Nigerian American daughter,...
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The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of UsNATIONAL BESTSELLER This "lively and important portrait of a true literary revolutionary" (Los Angeles Times) explores Judy Blume's life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic--and controversial--young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret to Blubber. Everyone knows Judy...
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The Fire Next TimeA stirring, intimate reflection on the nature of race and American nationhood that has inspired generations of writers and thinkers, first published in 1963, the same year as the March on Washington "The finest essay I've ever read."--Ta-Nehisi Coates, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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The Fifth DiamondThis is the story of Irene Zisblatt, Auschwitz and after. Her autobiography moves from Irene's childhood in Hungary through her terrifying coming-of-age as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps and her life in America. It is a story of compassion and hope between two...
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The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles WilliamsBest Book of June 2015 (The Christian Science Monitor) Book of the Year by the Conference on Christianity and Literature C. S. Lewis is the 20th century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and...
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The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial RussiaIn this "superb history" (The Wall Street Journal), award-winning author Candace Fleming tells the extraordinary true story of Russia's last royal family--and transports readers back to a time when both a bloodline and an empire came tumbling down. "Has all the elements of a...
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of AmazonThe definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted...
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The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in SiberiaThis is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that "radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit" (Washington Post). In June 1941, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are...
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The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia BathChicago Public Library Best of the Best SelectionNSTA Best STEM Books for K-12 SelectionA Mighty Girl Book of the YearIf you like to think big, but some say you're too small, or they say you're too young or too slow or too tall... Meet...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in DeathA triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a 44-year-old man known and loved...
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The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene: 40 Days and Nights of Survival and TransformationImagine being cut off from the world, perched atop a mountain turned into a deadly flood zone by Hurricane Helene's fury. For Emma Churchman and her husband Jeff, this nightmare became reality in September 2024. For three harrowing days, their loved ones had no...
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The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and WarA stirring account of one momentous week that would unleash fifty years of tyranny for half of Europe and plunge the world into the Cold War, as seen through the eyes of three young women. Catherine Grace Katz's debut book, The Daughters of Yalta,...
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The Crystal Bible 3This third volume of the bestselling Crystal Bible presents more than 250 new generation, high-vibration stones for healing and transformation. Included are many rare minerals whose esoteric properties are not described elsewhere. This essential guide also includes a section on crystal skulls, crystal beings,...
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The Cookbook: Coming of Age in Turbulent TimesWilliam Powell wrote The Anarchist Cookbook in 1969 at the age of nineteen. It included everything from making bombs to brewing LSD in the bathroom. On publication, it was hailed variously as "outrageous," "extremely dangerous," "communist," and "the most irresponsible publishing venture in American...
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