Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Transanything: EssaysA debut essay collection that upends our notions of loneliness, wilderness, and liberation Transanything reveals a world in metamorphosis. A hermit crab retires its shell, lovers drift apart, and seasons churn, all amid Ever Jones's own narrative of midlife gender transition. Jones takes up...
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Tracker"How do you tell an impossible story, one that is almost too big to contain in a single book?"In Tracker, Alexis Wright tells the story of charismatic Aboriginal Australian leader Tracker Tilmouth, who died in Darwin in 2015 at the age of 62. Taken...
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Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of CryptocurrencyFrom the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence. "I love the book... It reads like a thriller... These stories are amazing." (Michael...
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Tough Mind, Tender Heart: Reflections on a Black Woman's Activist JourneyIn "Tough Mind, Tender Heart: Reflections on a Black Woman's Activist Journey," Sandra Barnhill shares her four-decade journey as a frontline activist, offering a candid and personal reflection on the challenges and rewards of working for social change. This book is not a blueprint...
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Tomboy Bride, 50th Anniversary Edition: One Woman's Personal Account of Life in Mining Camps of the WestA Colorado favorite, Tomboy Bride presents the first-hand account of a young pioneer woman and her life in a rough and tumble mining town of the Old West. In 1906 at the age of twenty, Harriet Fish hopped on a train from Oakland, California,...
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Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan's UnderworldA darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vice that is equal parts history lesson, true-crime exposé, and memoir. It's 2008, and it's been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijin crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake...
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Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about BreastsAfter years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the...
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Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the GospelA Topic-by-Topic Look at Tim Keller's Best Teaching on Christian Living Pastor and author Timothy Keller (1950-2023) built a lasting legacy in Christian ministry, planting Redeemer Presbyterian Church and cofounding the Gospel Coalition. With sharp biblical insight that has shaped countless church leaders, along...
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Tiger, Tiger: His Life, as It's Never Been Told BeforeInstant New York Times Bestseller! "Patterson's account is compelling" (Daily Mail). The only major author to have nine holes-in-one gets inside the mystery of Tiger Woods in a biography that reads like an unputdownable thriller. On April 13, 1986, ten-year-old Tiger Woods watches his...
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Three Weeks with My BrotherIn this New York Times bestseller, follow the author of The Notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and hope. As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles...
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Think You'll Be HappyUSA TODAY BESTSELLER An intimate and uplifting story of one family's journey from tragedy to triumph, inspiring readers to transform life's obstacles into opportunities for growth and change. "Nicole Avant gives a raw and courageous look into how she found the light in her...
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Things I Don't Want to Know: On WritingTo be published simultaneously with Black Vodka, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted writer's new collection of short stories, a shimmering jewel of a book about writing. Blending personal history, gender politics, philosophy, and literary theory into a luminescent treatise on writing, love, and loss, Things...
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The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original MeaningThe New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we...
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The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern WitchcraftA skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft in this fascinating memoir that's perfect for fans of A.J. Jacobs and Mary Roach. Diana Helmuth, thirty-three, is skeptical of organized religion. She is also skeptical of disorganized religion. But,...
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The Wire Zoo: How Elizabeth Berrien Learned to Turn Wire Into Amazing ArtThis inspirational picture book biography tells the story of how neurodivergent artist Elizabeth Berrien created three-dimensional wire sculptures and went on to become the "godmother" of contemporary wire sculpture, perfect for fans of The Girl Who Thought in Pictures. Elizabeth Berrien has always had...
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The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the GameNew York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2016 2017 Storytelling World Resource Award Honor Book 2017 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College "[Churnin] tells William's story patiently and clearly, with a wonderfully matter-of-fact tone about the ways a deaf person...
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James CookNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "thrilling and superbly crafted" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to...
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The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous LifetimeAcademy Award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Shirley MacLaine shares a dazzling memoir in photographs, chronicling her extraordinary life with 150+ images from her personal archive With more than seventy years on the silver screen, Shirley MacLaine has, as she says, seen...
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The Trial of Lizzie BordenWINNER OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY BOOK AWARD In Cara Robertson's "enthralling new book," The Trial of Lizzie Borden, "the reader is to serve as judge and jury" (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true...
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The Story of Taylor Swift: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Taylor Swift--a story about the power of words and being yourself for kids ages 6 to 9Taylor Swift is one of the most famous musical artists in the world! Before she became a big star, she was a little girl...
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