Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A MemoirA "truly hilarious" (Glamour), sexy, and ultimately poignant memoir about mastering the art of the "vacationship" from a writer and co-executive producer of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building--now with a new afterword "What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is kind of...
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What It Is Like to Go to War#3 on Amazon.com's 10 Best Books of 2011The New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011Barnes & Noble Best Nonfiction Books of 2011St. Louis Post Dispatch Favorite Books of 2011A Shelf Awareness Reviewer's Top Pick of 2011 One of the most...
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We Run This House: The Girls' Guide to Flag Football*A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD Gold Standard Selection*A 2025 MOONBEAM AWARD gold medalist for Best Book by YouthWe Run This House: The Girls' Guide to Flag Football is the go-to book for girls looking to fall in love with America's favorite sport. Flag football is...
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We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: (Tips, Tales, Travels)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICKA Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2024!One of Vulture's Best New Audiobooks of 2024."A delightful and sharp-witted tour through a lifetime's worth of travel exploits and misadventures. . . . Readers are...
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Wayward: Just Another Life to Live'Magical and transporting . . . Wayward proves that Bunyan has lived the best possible life, on her own idiosyncratic terms'Maggie O'Farrell 'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and survival: a map of how to live outside the boundaries and of striving for an authentic...
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Walt Disney: An American Original, Commemorative EditionThis is the Commemorative Edition of one of the most trusted and respected nonfiction books about Walt Disney ever written! Includes 4 commemorative essays; a photo insert with more than 60 behind-the-scenes images; and an endnotes section with insightful passages from 15 Disney historians...
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Walk Through Walls: A Memoir"I had experienced absolute freedom--I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn't matter, that nothing mattered at all--and it intoxicated me." In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramovic's MoMA retrospective for the chance to...
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Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and TriumphThe cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal, "highly readable" (Kirkus Reviews) journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph--an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work...
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Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibbenIn honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben "Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is...
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Wake Up!: It's Time to Say Yes to Creating a Life Worth LovingAt age thirty, Jackie Pflug survived one of the deadliest hijackings in history. She had to rebuild her life from the ground up. It took incredible strength and endurance to recover from the physical and mental trauma of the hijacking. Her first book, Miles...
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Vz: Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Making of a NationHow does a comedian become the face of a nation's fight for survival? In VZ: Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Making of a Nation, celebrated Russian author Dmitry Bykov unpacks the extraordinary rise of Vladimir Zelenskyy--from a TV star to a wartime leader defying a...
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Vida y Hacienda: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Pedro Albizu CamposVIDA Y HACIENDA: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is the first biography of the renowned revolutionary leader from Puerto Rico to be written in English. It offers the general history detailed in most accounts, and includes topics not commonly featured...
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Under Cover for Wells Fargo: The Unvarnished Recollections of Fred DodgeThese are the remarkable memoirs of Fred Dodge (1854-1938), Wells Fargo secret agent for fifty years, friend of Wyatt Earp, and fast man with a gun. Here are dozens of his cases--stage robberies, train holdups, long pursuits through the badlands, even suits against Wells...
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TrumanThe Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America's beloved and distinguished historian. The life of Harry S. Truman is...
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Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano RooseveltNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A brilliant evocation of one of the greatest presidents in American history by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War "It may well be the best general biography of Franklin Roosevelt we will see...
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Traitors Among UsAs director of the elite Foreign Counterintelligence Activity, author Stuart Herrington was the U.S. Army's top counterintelligence officer. In this thrilling and informative account he details one of the most damaging and delicate cases of espionage ever committed against the United States. Between 1972...
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To Be Frank: Building the American Dream in Business and LifeTO BE FRANK, the life story of philanthropist and businessman Frank Morsani, explores his inspiring journey of hard work, perseverance and integrity--delving into detail about the winning management style that has defined his entire career. Frank has truly lived the American Dream--and his message...
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Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska WildernessThe beloved real-life story of a woman in the Alaskan wilderness, the children she taught, and the man she loved. "From the time I'd been a girl, I'd been thrilled with the idea of living on a frontier. So when I was offered the...
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Tilda Swinton: OngoingThe first book by Tilda Swinton highlights her incredible transformations and iconic roles, tracing Swinton's singular presence through collaborations with filmmakers and fashion figures. Taking as a starting point the artistic collaborations that helped shape her career, from early projects with Derek Jarman and...
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Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open RoadFollow Don and Paul as they dive headlong into the deepest of human questions and find answers outside words?answers that have to be experienced to be believed.Day 1: "Trips like ours are greener grass left unknown for fear of believing trite sayings; sayings that...
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