Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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And a Voice to Sing with: A Memoir- The perfect time for a reissue: In October 2009, PBS will air a ninety-minute primetime special on Joan Baez as part of the Emmy Award-winning American Masters series. Told often from Baez's perspective, but supported by a rich performance and historical archive, the...
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An American Band"An American Band", the America Story, tells the story of the formative years of AMERICA, Dan's personal road to success in music and the turbulent times that followed, leading ultimately to his spiritual awakening.Author: Dan PeekPublisher: Xulon PressPublished: 12/02/2004Pages: 316Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h...
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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland"A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable" (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland--one of America's most unusual presidents and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. "Entertaining and astute" (Booklist), A Man of Iron explores the remarkable life and extraordinary career of Grover Cleveland--the honest,...
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Also HereAs a young girl Brooke Randel knew little about the Holocaust-just that it was a catastrophe in which millions were murdered, and that her grandma Golda Indig barely escaped that fate. But her Bubbie never spoke about what happened, and the two spent most...
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All the Parts We ExileLonglisted for the Toronto Book Award From a queer Muslim woman and artist, a generous, heartfelt and insightful memoir about family and finding the path to one's truest self. The youngest of three daughters, and the only one born in Canada soon after her...
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All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate ShawNate Shaw's father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of forty-seven, he faced down a crowd...
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All Down Darkness Wide: A MemoirWinner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature - Named a Best Book of 2022 by Kirkus, Booklist, and Shelf Awareness - Named a Best Book of July by Buzzfeed - A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction 2022 Summer Read - Observer Book of the...
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Alaska - Not for a Woman!In 1962 Mary Carey, newly widowed, drove the Alcan Highway alone from Texas to Alaska, where she would make herself a new life. And her life there - whether she was teaching in an eight-pupil pilot school in Talkeetna, flying Mt. McKinley with bush...
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A Jewish Appendix: a memoirKnown for his smart, lively baseball writing, his acclaimed biography of the rock music legend Chrissie Hynde, and his erudite literary essays, Adam Sobsey returns with a powerful, passionate, deeply personal memoir of reckoning with his Jewish identity. In October of 2018, the day...
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan"A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life." --The Washington PostThe remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.Warrior. Samurai. Legend.When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already...
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African American Women of AchievementAuthor: Barbara DiggsPublisher: Referencepoint PressPublished: 08/01/2025Pages: 64Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.60w x 0.40dISBN: 9781678210564Audience: Young Adult
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A Choice of WeaponsGordon Parks (1912-2006)--the groundbreaking photographer, writer, composer, activist, and filmmaker--was only sixteen in 1928 when he moved from Kansas to St. Paul, Minnesota, after his mother's death. There, homeless and hungry, he began his fight to survive, to educate himself, and to fulfill his...
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3 2 1 Awesome!: 20 Fearless Women Who Dared to Be DifferentInstagram superstar and New York Times bestselling author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes Eva Chen shines a spotlight on 20 amazing women--including Megan Rapinoe, Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Chisholm, Greta Thunberg and more!--in 3 2 1 Awesome! a sassy and fun counting board...
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1964: Eyes of the StormTaken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history. Featuring 275 images from the...
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12 Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupSolomon Northup's memoir written in 1853 and now an award winning major motion picture. Mr. Northup recounts his powerful life story of being born a free man in New York, kidnapped and forced into slavery for twelve years and then freed and reunited with...
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Yosemite MaasaiWhat moments define the path of one's life? Yosemite Maasai is the biography of one man's remarkable journey to find his true self. This story of luck, love, and resilience will inspire anyone who is struggling to make sense of the path their own...
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Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave BehindWinner of the Crime Writers' Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction--A tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal, from the author of All That Remains In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue...
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961The extraordinary untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life in espionageA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A finalist for the William E. Colby Military Writers' Award"IMPORTANT" (Wall Street Journal) - "FASCINATING" (New York Review of Books) - "CAPTIVATING" (Missourian)A riveting international cloak-and-dagger epic...
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Women Who Shaped Science: Inspirational Leaders in StemA fascinating journey through history chronicling 20 remarkable women who were pioneers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This beautifully illustrated non-fiction children's book for ages 8 and older opens with the first perfume maker, Tapputi Belatekallim in Mesopotamia, 1200...
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Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and RescueEvery schoolchild knows about Paul Revere's 20-mile ride to warn that the British were coming. Far fewer know that 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode twice as far to help her father, Colonel Ludington, muster his scattered troops to fight a marauding enemy. Few know about...
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