Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from ItLeg is Greg Marshall's "riotous" (People), "witty" (USA Today), and "intimate" (NPR) memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets--as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy. * A NOTEWORTHY 2023 MEMOIR * Washington Post *...
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Legends of Hip-Hop: Kid 'n Play: A Rhyme Time BiographyMic check! Learn how to rhyme with beloved rap duo Kid 'n Play in the Legends of Hip-Hop board book series.In this accessible series perfectly crafted for babies (and adult fans), music producer Pen Ken and three-time Emmy Award-nominated animation director Saxton Moore introduce...
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Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of JapanLearning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in a small...
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Leaders: My First LeadersThis all-new board book primer--from the multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series--introduces the youngest dreamers to the world's best-loved leaders. "Hello little leader! Let's learn about braveness, and boldness, and kindness. There's plenty of leaders who were once young like you." Including cherished...
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Last Ship to FreedomAs the Russian Civil War reached its final, tumultuous stages, 11-year-old Lydia Komarkoff and her parents had already spent 11 months living aboard the steamship Kherson adrift in the Black Sea, seeking refuge from the chaos engulfing their homeland. But on November 14, 1920,...
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Last Nerve: A Memoir of Illness and the Endurance of FamilyOne woman's story of confronting the monster under the bedLast Nerve is much more than a trauma memoir. The story begins as Mindy Uhrlaub learns that she carries a gene for the fatal neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The news, while not surprising,...
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Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family's Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer2025 Book of the Year Award Winner from the Nonpartisan Farm Foundation 2025 Reader's Favorite Book Award Bronze Medal Recipient A C-SPAN Author Series Most Important Book of 2024 The award-winning hidden history of an economic and cultural crisis that is threatening our very...
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Lambeau: The Epic Life of Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau, the Man Who Invented the Green Bay PackersCurly Lambeau was brilliant, flawed and complex-a fascinating sportsman who created a beloved team for the ages. His name is on the most hallowed stadium in the NFL. He won six of the league's first 25 championships and is still sixth on the all-time...
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United StatesFrom the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington's trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette. Chronicling General Lafayette's years in Washington's army, Vowell reflects on the...
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Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: And Other ConversationsKurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of Nevermind, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. Three years later, he was dead of suicide, leaving a meteoric career and a cultural influence that would never wane....
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Kid a Mnesia: A Book of Radiohead ArtworkA celebration of the Radiohead albums Kid A and Amnesiac, this book showcases more than 300 color artworks. It features a dialogue between Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood about the creative process and a specially commissioned essay, Kid Alphabet by Gareth Evans about Radiohead's...
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KhadijahYour Mother is a Legend Her name is Khadijah (RA). She was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad (S), the first to believe in his message and the first mother of the greatest nation history has ever seen. As you work towards reaching...
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Khadija Bint KhuwaylidThis book tells the story of the remarkable life of Khadija. The beloved first wife of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, she was his loyal supporter, trusted companion and source of comfort. Geared toward to young readers, it presents an extraordinary...
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Keep Your Head Up: A Mother's Story of Chasing Joy in the Face of GriefA testament to the depth of familial love and our ability to endure in the face of childhood terminal illness Keep Your Head Up is the incredible tale of one family's path to perseverance in the face of devastating odds. When author Tasha Faruqui...
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Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a NationNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "Brenda Wineapple's wonderful account of the Scopes trial sheds light not only on the battles of the past but on the struggles of the present."--Jon Meacham "History at its most delicious."--The New York Times Book Review (front page review, Editors' Choice)...
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J. R. R. TolkienIn this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of J. R. R. Tolkien, author and forefather of the fantasy genre. Little John experienced lots of change in his life from a young age. Moving from South...
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Joyride: A MemoirFrom the beloved New Yorker writer Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book and hailed as "a national treasure" by The Washington Post, Joyride is a masterful memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose that...
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Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to ArgentinaExplorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met and fell in love while scuba diving in Vietnam. Ville then left his native Finland to join Kristen in Oregon and together they embarked on a life-changing two-year cycling adventure covering 18,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to...
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John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. TolkienA captivating picture book biography of a boy who imagined a world full of dragons and grew up to be beloved author J. R. R. Tolkien. John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and...
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John Lewis: A LifeNew York Times Book Review Top 100 Books of 2024 Explore the "comprehensive and compelling" (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as "the conscience of Congress," through a narrative that weaves together exclusive interviews, never-before-seen FBI files, and documents, offering...
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