Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Bard of Avon: The Story of William ShakespeareCelebrate 400 years of Shakespeare's legacy with this repackage of award-winning author Diane Stanley's tribute to the world-famous playwright William Shakespeare. Nobody knows exactly when or why William Shakespeare left his boyhood home of Stratford-on-Avon for the great city of London, but it didn't...
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Babe in the Woods: Or, the Art of Getting LostFrom acclaimed painter Julie Heffernan, a wholly original and visually stunning four-color graphic work of autofiction about a young mother who--lost overnight on a hike with her infant son--experiences an extraordinary journey of memory, remorse, and rebirth that offers her a new way of...
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A Year in the Woods: Twelve Small Journeys Into NatureFrom the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times. As nature becomes ever more precious, we all want to spend more time appreciating it. But time is often hard to come by. And how do...
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A Wing and a Prayer: The Bloody 100th Bomb Group of the Us Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II"A compelling account of the air war against Germany" written by the navigator portrayed by Anthony Boyle in Apple TV's Masters of the Air (Publishers Weekly). They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily...
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At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with ChinaWinner of the Baifang Schell Book Prize - 2025 Orwell Prize Finalist One of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of 2024 "A sprawling, complex morality tale, sweeping us along." --The Wall Street Journal "In telling this personal story about family memory, exile...
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Atomic Pilgrim: How Walking Thousands of Miles for Peace Led to Uncovering Some of America's Darkest Nuclear SecretsJames Patrick Thomas's path toward nuclear disarmament began on Good Friday, 1982, when he and his fellow peace pilgrims started walking away from the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base near Seattle. Their Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage would span 6,700 miles across the United States and nine...
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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess BrideFrom actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account of the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn,...
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As We Bloom: Wisdom from Extraordinary Everyday Women and Gender Nonconforming PeopleAs We Bloom: Wisdom from Extraordinary Everyday Women and Gender Nonconforming People is the story of the author's solo, cross-country road trip in search of people living in inspirational and courageous ways in a time when her own life had fallen out from under...
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Artists: My First ArtistsThis all-new board book primer - from the multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series - introduces the youngest dreamers to the world's best-loved artists. In this board book compilation of the most fantastic artists from the series, suitable for the youngest readers, introduce...
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Armed with Good IntentionsWallace "Wallo267" Peeples--a man who spent twenty years in and out of the prison system before restarting his life and catapulting himself to unforeseen levels of social impact, cultural influence, and success--presents a powerful memoir "that everyone can glean wisdom from" (Deion "Coach Prime"...
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A Rebel in Gaza: A Daughter of Rafah Speaks"Gaza has always been rebellious... stubborn, addictive. I'm her daughter, and I look like her."Born in Rafah, raised in Gaza, subjected both to Israeli bombs and to Islamist tyranny, and in the face of prison, death threats, abuse, misogyny, violence, and repression, Asmaa al-Ghoul...
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An Amerikan FamilyA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICKAn NPR Best Book of the Year - Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearLonglisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence"Magnificent.... A uniquely intimate history of Black liberation." - Los Angeles TimesThe long overdue story of the...
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Amos Fortune, Free ManA Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years,...
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A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953A "lyrical, impassioned" document of the intimate relationship between the two authors that was first disclosed in Henry and June (Booklist).This exchange of letters between the two controversial writers--Anaïs Nin, renowned for her candid and personal diaries, and Henry Miller, author of Tropic of...
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A Light Through the Cracks: A Climber's StoryRenowned rock climber Beth Rodden's inspiring memoir about overcoming devastating trauma, refusing to be held hostage by fear, and taking a leap toward healing.Beth Rodden is twenty years old and already an elite rock climber when a climbing excursion in Kyrgyzstan escalates into a...
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Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached...
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A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central ParkHow did Central Park become a vibrant gem in the heart of New York City? Readers travel back in time to 1858 to follow the visionaries behind creating a park out of barren swampland. Full color.Author: Ashley YazdaniPublisher: Candlewick Press (MA)Published: 03/12/2019Pages: 40Binding Type:...
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, IndianaThe New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in small-town Indiana, from the author of The Solace of Leaving Early. When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way...
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Against the Wall: My Journey from Border Patrol Agent to Immigrant Rights ActivistJenn Budd, the only former U.S. Border Patrol agent to continually blow the whistle on this federal agency's rampant corruption, challenges us-as individuals and as a nation-to face the consequences of our actions. Her journey offers a vital perspective on the unfolding moral crisis...
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A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in NorwayLorelou is French, has lived in 7 different countries, and dreams of living on a tropical beach. She suddenly gets a job offer in Oslo and decides to move to Norway despite her limited knowledge of the country and its customs. Her friends think...
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