Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Golf 100: A Spirited Ranking of the Greatest Players of All TimeA rollicking ranking of the greatest golfers of all time, past and present, brimming with the intimate stories and perspective only a longtime golf writer like Michael Arkush can muster. So, who's the best of 'em all? Tiger Woods? Jack Nicklaus? Bobby Jones? Ben...
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The Girl Who Figured It Out: The Inspiring True Story of Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler Becoming an Ironman World ChampionThe uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon.Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's toughest triathlon, using only her arms to finish a 2.4...
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The Future of TruthFrom legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested questions: What is truth--and how to find it in our "post-truth" era? For over half a...
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The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine"Sports journalism at its finest, a book so well-researched that everyone who thinks they know Pre is in for a big surprise." --Christopher McDougall, bestselling author of Born to RunOn the 50th anniversary of American Track and Field icon Steve Prefontaine's tragic death comes...
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The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape"Writing with a storyteller's flair, Alznauer captures her audience's attention with colorful phrases and interesting facts." --Booklist (starred review)Ablaze with pattern and color, this ebullient picture book biography celebrates the intersection of art and science--through the life and lens of an extraordinary amateur mathematician....
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The Fate of the Generals: Macarthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines"One of the very best World War II books in many years...A great read." --General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA * "Fans of Unbroken will love this book." --Doug Stanton In the tradition of Ghost Soldiers, a "riveting" (The...
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The Fairbanks Four: Murder, Injustice, and the Birth of a MovementOne murder, four guilty convictions, and a community determined to find justice.October, 1997. Late one night in Fairbanks, Alaska, a passerby finds a teenager unconscious, collapsed on the edge of the road, beaten nearly beyond recognition. Two days later, he dies in the hospital....
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The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of ResilienceNorth American edition with an exclusive afterword and photographs In early October 2023, Palestinian Plestia Alaqad was a recent university graduate dreaming of a career as a journalist. But by the end of November, her homeland was unrecognizable--and she was broadcasting videos of violence...
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The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern DynastyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The definitive account of the Murdaugh murders. Forget the podcasts, the TV specials, and the documentaries--this is the version of the story you'll want to read. And once you pick it up, you won't be able to put...
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The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern DynastyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The definitive account of the Murdaugh murders. Forget the podcasts, the TV specials, and the documentaries--this is the version of the story you'll want to read. And once you pick it up, you won't be able to put...
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The Cost of Being Undocumented: One Woman's Reckoning with America's Inhumane MathAn undocumented activist and a social scientist come together to tally of the structural costs of undocumented life An inhumane math pervades this country: even as our government extracts labor and often taxes from undocumented workers, it excludes these same workers from its social...
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The Complete Francis of Assisi: His Life, the Complete Writings, and the Little FlowersThere are many editions of the writings of St. Francis, and biographies about him, but here in one volume are both, plus the complete text of the late medieval work, The Little Flowers, which did more to establish the legend of the man than...
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The Choice: Embrace the PossibleA New York Times Bestseller "I'll be forever changed by Dr. Eger's story...The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and that we all have the ability to pay attention to what we've lost, or to pay...
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The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your PassionsOne of the most decorated and celebrated women's basketball players of all time breaks down her ultimate recipe to success, using her own deeply inspiring journey to teach readers how to live bravely, unapologetically, and with purpose. "Candace Parker has been a trailblazer on...
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The Broken King"There's a bridge of beautiful American prose--lyrical, powerful, fearlessly candid--running straight from James Baldwin to Thomas, who is obviously Baldwin's worthy heir . . . An utterly immersive book."--Francisco Goldman, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey BoyFrom the author of Man Gone Down--a...
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The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented NonsenseWritten with style and heart by Wolverton Hill and illustrated with whimsical art by Laura Carlin, this love letter to Edward Lear brings him wonderfully to life for young readers. Edward Lear popularized the limerick as we know it and invented the modern literary...
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The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir: A Journey Beyond Healing, Hope, and the HumanA LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores--with searing insight and honesty--the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature...
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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel HistoryWINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD - A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party. Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream...
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The Best of Brevity: Twenty Groundbreaking Years of Flash NonfictionAuthor: Zoë BossierePublisher: Rose Metal PressPublished: 11/17/2020Pages: 276Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.70dISBN: 9781941628232Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 09/07/2020 pg. 48Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 12Library Journal 11/01/2020 pg. 91About the AuthorMoore, Dinty W.: - Dinty W. Moore is the author of the memoir...
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The ABCs of Black HistoryIn this New York Times Bestseller, B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans...
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