Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Portland Queer: Stories of LGBTQ+ Life in Portland, OregonAuthor: Ariel GorePublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.80dISBN: 9781648414435About the AuthorAriel Gore is a journalist, memoirist, novelist, nonfiction author, and teacher. She is the author of 10 books, including F*ck Happiness, and the creator of the zine...
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Pope Leo XIV: First American PopeOn May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost left the papal conclave--a gathering of the College of Cardinals to select the new pope of the Catholic Church--as Pope Leo XIV. He is the first pope from the United States, and he is also a...
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Pieces Of A Boy: A Few Queer Things That HappenedIn this unfiltered collection of essays, Morris fearlessly confronts the complexities of personal history with raw honesty. With each page, he unveils profound and witty revelations, navigating through the emotional landscapes of estrangement, elite performing arts education, Berlin hedonism, and the rollercoaster of love...
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Patrick MahomesLearn more about hard-working, awe-inspiring, record-breaking athletes in these profiles packed with action photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. Complete with overviews of the athletes' upbringings, the accomplishments and statistics that make them special, and how they continue to be heroes off...
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Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939In 1925 Flanner began her New Yorker "Letter from Paris," from which most of the pieces in this collection are drawn. They give an incomparable view of French life before World War II. Edited by Irving Drutman; Index.Author: FlannerPublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 04/18/1988Pages: 264Binding Type:...
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Paris: The Memoir***An Instant New York Times Bestseller***From the woman who is credited for launching what we know as the celebrity focused, "brand" driven, social media obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there...
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Pablo PicassoIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Pablo Picasso, one of the world's greatest artists in the 20th century. Little Pablo grew up in an artistic household and after drawing his first painting...
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft*ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME* Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King's critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. "Long live...
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One Stop West of Hinsdale: Love Derailed in a Sixties Suburb"Was mom crazy like you claimed? Or did your drinking drive her mad? For fifty years I've wondered. Who wrecked our happy home?" So begins one daughter's search for truth as she turns back time and grills her beloved, but long-dead father.The time is...
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One Native LifeOne Native Life is Richard Wagamese's look back at the long road he traveled in reclaiming his identity. It's about the things he's learned as a human being, a man, and an Ojibway. Whether he's writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus,...
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Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industryVideo games set the world on fire, and Atari lit the match. This is an intimate view into the dramatic rise and fall of the early video game industry, as seen through the eyes of one of its most iconic pioneers. This book offers...
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin FranklinThe inventions and inspiration of Benjamin Franklin and how they've stood the test of time What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin Franklin, you'd set up these organizations...
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong"Enlightening, nuanced, and honest."--Lisa See Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and...
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Notes from a Young Black Chef: A MemoirA memoir from "the most important chef in America" (San Francisco Chronicle) and chef of Tatiana, the New York Times #1 Restaurant in New York City 2023. "Kwame Onwuachi's story shines a light on food and culture not just in American restaurants or African...
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No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric EssayA Michelle Obama Reach Higher Fall 2022 reading list pick A Library Journal "BEST BOOK OF 2022" "Aguon's book is for everyone, but he challenges history by placing indigenous consciousness at the center of his project . . . the most tender polemic I've...
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Neil ArmstrongIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. Little Neil's dreams took flight when he rode on his first airplane as a child. After...
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Nearer, My God: An Autobiography of FaithThis is the story of one man's faith, told with unrivaled reflection and candor. William F. Buckley, Jr., was raised a Catholic. As the world plunged into war, and as social mores changed dramatically around him, Buckley's faith -- a most essential part of...
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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of WhoIntroduce young readers to some of the world's most interesting and important people in this bold and lively first biography book. More than 100 colorful photos are paired with age-appropriate text featuring profiles of each person, along with fascinating facts about about their accomplishments...
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My StoryWritten at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry...
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My Soul Looks Back: A MemoirIn this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth "surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties...James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone" (New York magazine)--in a vibrant, lost era of New York...
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