Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Cassavetes on CassavetesSince his death in 1989, John Cassavettes has become increasingly renowned as a cinematic hero--a renegade loner who fought the Hollywood system, steering his own creative course in a career spanning thirty years. Having already established himself as an actor, he struck out as...
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February HouseFebruary House is the uncovered story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers -- and the country's best-known burlesque performer -- in a house at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn during 1940 and 1941. It was a...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless GeniusThe philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau burst unexpectedly onto the eighteenth-century literary scene as a provocateur whose works electrified readers. An autodidact who had not written anything of significance by age thirty, Rousseau seemed an unlikely candidate to become one of the most influential thinkers in...
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Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and IndonesiaOne of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time. This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success...
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Boss: The story of S.F.B Morse, the founder of Pebble Beach"Sam Morse could out-imagine anyone," said Herb Cerwin, Del Monte PR man, drinking buddy and friend. Cerwin was right and he could have added that Morse turned these thoughts into reality.Morse imagined a place with a pristine coastline, green-belted and free of buildings. He...
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Catching Hell: A True Story of Abandonment and BetrayalFour days on the job Jay Dobyns was shot point-blank in the back by a criminal suspect. The bullet travelled through his lung and exited his chest. For the next twenty-seven years, he accepted every dirty and dangerous undercover assignment possible. Some days he...
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Little Feminist Board Book Set Volume 2: Modern IconsInspire the next generation of trailblazers with More Little Feminists! From Mudpuppy This empowering board book set is a vibrant celebration of women who have made their mark on the world, perfect for introducing young readers to diverse role models across advocacy, leadership, creativity,...
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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. WalkerOn Her Own Ground is the first and only full-scale biography of "one of the great success stories of American history" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker--the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist--by her great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah...
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Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate CrisisNamed a Best Book of the Year by USA TODAY and NPR's Science Friday Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisis--one unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our...
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A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy CarmichaelBe inspired by a woman who dared to follow GodAmy Carmichael understood true discipleship and lived it out. At a young age she felt called to the mission field, followed God's guidance, and eventually went to India, where she would spend fifty-three years without...
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No One Ever Asked Me: The World War II Memoirs of an Omaha Indian SoldierAs a young adolescent, Hollis Dorion Stabler underwent a Native ceremony in which he was given the new name Na-zhin-thia, Slow to Rise. It was a name that no white person asked to know during Hollis's tour of duty in Anzio, his unacknowledged difference...
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The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern AmericaPerfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR's closest advisor during World War II and, according to Life, "the most important...
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Son of a GunNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermath Includes...
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War IINEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The remarkable story of James Howard "Billy" Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill...
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Peig: The Autobiography of Peig Sayers of the Great Blasket IslandHere is one of the classics of modern Gaelic literature--the autobiography of Peig Sayers, a remarkable woman who lived forty years at the edge of survival on barren Great Blasket Island, and who came to be recognized as one of the last of Ireland's...
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The Only Way Forward Is Back: A Story of War, Adoption, and Finding Your Purpose in God's PlanWar orphan Jackson TerKeurst's remarkable story of adoption and faith teaches us to notice God's presence in our lives so we can look toward the future with hope. The son of a town chief. The grandson of a witch doctor. An orphan, a war...
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Tim BurtonThe evolution of the iconic filmmaker's creative practice, from childhood sketches to his mature oeuvreTim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic,...
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The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn't: The Story Of The Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band To Ever Come Out Of The Pacific Northwest, The ScreamiIn 1992, the Screaming Trees were expected to become the next big band to come out of the Seattle music scene during the heyday of grunge. Except it never happened. It wasn't because the band didn't have great songs-indeed, the Trees were revered for...
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & TreacheryNew York Times bestselling author, Newbery Honor recipient, and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin presents both the heroism and the treachery of one of the Revolutionary War's most infamous players in his biography of Benedict Arnold. Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award...
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The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It AllFrom the host of NPR's Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to...
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