Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to AmericaThe story of sweet success behind the Hershey's Kiss! The invention of America's quintessential milk chocolate bar is brought to vivid, delicious life in this STEAM picture book biography perfect for fans of Mr. Ferris and His Wheel and Snowflake Bentley. Hershey's milk chocolate...
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On a Move: Philadelphia's Notorious Bombing and a Native Son's Lifelong Battle for JusticeThe incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians--by one of the few people born into the organization, raised during the bombing's tumultuous aftermath, and entrusted with repairing what was left of his...
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Of Walking in Ice: Munich-Paris, 23 November-14 December 1974In late November 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog received a phone call from Paris delivering some terrible news. German film historian, mentor, and close friend Lotte Eisner was seriously ill and dying. Herzog was determined to prevent this and believed that an act of walking...
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October Sky#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "nostalgic and entertaining memoir" (People), originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film. "A message of hope in an age of cynicism. . . . Perhaps we all have something to learn from a...
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Norman MacLean: A Life of Letters and RiversThe first biography of one of Montana's most celebrated writers A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the Hollywood film based on the title story. Yet...
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No One Is Too Small to Make a DifferenceThe #1 New York Times bestseller by Time's 2019 Person of the Year "Greta Thunberg is already one of our planet's greatest advocates." --Barack Obama "A powerhouse compendium of [Greta's] greatest hits." --Teen Vogue The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist...
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No Happy Endings: A MemoirThe author of It's Okay to Laugh and host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking--interviews that are "a gift to be able to listen [to]" (New York Times)--returns with more hilarious meditations on her messy, wonderful, bittersweet, and unconventional life.Life has a...
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition"A brilliant work of US history." --School Library Journal (starred review) "Gripping." --BCCB (starred review) "Accessible...Necessary." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked...
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Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & InheritanceNever Again Will I Visit Auschwitz is an act of self-discovery and the resuscitation of historical memory. At its heart is the intersection of a genocidal political moment in 20th century history and the author's own family history. Told from the perspectives of four...
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Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History"Stellar . . . Spectacular . . . [A] heartfelt, painstaking account." --Nell Irvin Painter, The Washington Post "An extraordinary collaboration . . . A profound achievement . . . Downs is a superb, even lyrical writer." --David W. Blight, Los Angeles Times A...
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Native Americans in History: A History Book for KidsPowerful stories of influential Native Americans--for kids ages 8 to 12.From every background and tribal nation, native people are a vital part of history. This collection of biographies for kids explores 15 Native Americans and some of the incredible things they achieved. Kids will...
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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola TeslaAn Unabridged Edition with All Chapters and footnotes to include: My Early Life - How Tesla Conceived the Rotary Magnetic Field - The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer, Gramme Dynamo etc.Author: Nikola TeslaPublisher: Merchant BooksPublished: 11/05/2019Pages: 52Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x...
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My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern BelieverEight years ago, Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, wrote a now-famous essay about having faith in the face of death. My Bright Abyss, composed in the difficult years since and completed in the wake of a bone marrow...
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My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and FutureAlice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even...
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My Beloved World#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "searching and emotionally intimate memoir" (The New York Times) told with a candor never before undertaken by a sitting Justice. This "powerful defense of empathy" (The Washington Post) is destined to become a classic of self-invention and self-discovery. The...
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My Beautiful Sisters: A Memoir of Courage, Hope, and the Afghan Women's Soccer TeamArgo meets The Bookseller of Kabul in this incredible memoir from the Afghan women's soccer pioneer turned activist and feminist icon who has helped save more than 350 female soccer players from the dangerous rule of the Taliban. "Riveting, heart-wrenching and incredibly important ....
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My Alcoholic Escape from RealityAn emotional new diary comic from the award-winning creator of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Solo Exchange Diary. Nagata Kabi's downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can't stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable...
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Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion: A True StoryAuthor Dave Eggers and artist Júlia Sardà spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of American ingenuity. Make way for history as only Dave Eggers could stage it. It all started when John "Minnie" Moore built a mine in...
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Motion Dazzle: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss, and Skating on Thin Ice"I spent almost the entirety of Motion Dazzle with my heart in my throat for one reason or another." Tyler Feder, author of Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir and Bodies Are Cool Former competitive figure skater and coach Jocelyn...
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Michelle Yeoh: A Little Golden Book BiographyDream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Malaysian action movie star and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, the first person of Asian descent to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. It's the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as fans...
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