Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Average Joe: The Memoirs of a Blue-Collar EntertainerThe inside story of award-winning, popular entertainer and actor who discovered that the keys to success in the entertainment industry are a strong work ethic, a willingness to reinvent, refusing to quite, and a drive to survive. Joe Piscopo has made both live and...
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Autobiography of a Face [Thirtieth Anniversary Edition]"So many memoirs make you feel that you've been sealed up inside a wall with a monomaniac. A really good one, like Autobiography of a Face, makes you feel there is more to ask and learn. You are not just seeing the writer; you...
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A Street Cat Named Bob and How He Saved My LifeThe Instant New York Times bestseller! A Street Cat Named Bob is now a major motion picture, the film's all-star cast includes Luke Treadway (Unbroken, Clash of the Titans), Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), and Ruta Gedmintas (The Borgias). James is a street musician struggling...
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Asian/Other: Life, Poems, and the Problem of MemoirVidyan Ravinthiran was born in the north of England to Sri Lankan Tamils, and moved to the United States five years ago. Considering identity in both its political and psychological senses, he leaps adventurously between memoir and criticism, understanding his life through poetry, and...
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An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with DestinyThis 10th anniversary edition of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller includes a new introduction and afterword by the author. Chronicling the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy that began with one small gesture of kindness, this...
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Angel ReeseAuthor: Kim ThompsonPublisher: Amicus LearningPublished: 01/01/2025Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.10w x 0.30dISBN: 9798892006316Audience: Ages 9-12Review Citation(s): School Library Journal 04/01/2025 pg. 50
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A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan PoeTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER An Agatha, Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award nominee!A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author's life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes. It is a...
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better StoryAfter the publication of his wildly successful memoir, Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller's life began to stall. During what should have been the height of his success, he found himself avoiding responsibility and even questioning the meaning of life. But when two producers proposed...
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Always There, Always Gone: A Daughter's Search for TruthFor fans of Natasha Trethewey and Maggie Smith, a mother-daughter story of multigenerational trauma, grief, discovery, and love, with the backdrops of an historic American tragedy and an iconic family business, written in lyrical, fragmented form. In 1960, six years before Marty Ross-Dolen was...
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to HitlerThe INSTANT New York Times Bestseller Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award Winner of the Chautauqua Prize Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist for the Plutarch Award A New York...
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All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured AmericaNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of Fire and Fury delivers a breathtaking insider account of the 2024 Trump campaign--undoubtedly the wildest, most unpredictable campaign in U.S. history, including multiple criminal trials, two assassination attempts, and a sudden switch of opponents. All or...
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All My Knotted-Up Life: A MemoirWinner of the 2024 ECPA Book of the YearNew York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller!An incredibly thoughtful, disarmingly funny, and intensely vulnerable glimpse into the life and ministry of a woman familiar to many but known by few."It's a peculiar thing,...
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A Life for a Life: Poor Choices and Unresolved Trauma Is Killing AmericaOne man has committed murder while another man tries to heal his trauma. A gripping true story exploring violence, mental health, and trauma, A Life for a Life follows Kevin Shird and Damion Neal who meet as inmates in Federal Correctional Institute Allenwood. Kevin...
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Alice Coltrane, Monument EternalRashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazzPublished with Hammer Museum. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy of musician, spiritual leader, wife and mother Alice Coltrane. Accompanying the eponymous exhibition at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum,...
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Ahead of Her Time: The Trailblazing Life and Literary Legacy of Ann HeadA blue blood and a bohemian, author Ann Head was an essential voice of mid-century fiction, known for challenging societal norms and amplifying women's struggles in an era that often silenced them. Now, for the first time, her mysterious personal life is unveiled through...
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A Force for Nature: Paul Schaefer's Adirondack CoalitionsA staunch advocate for the Adirondack Park, activist and writer Paul Schaefer deeply influenced conservation policy in New York State. His work and writing inspired countless conservationists, with his tireless efforts paving the way for the protection of "forever wild" forests in the Wilderness...
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A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès VardaOver the course of her sixty-five-year career, the longest of any female filmmaker, Agnès Varda (1928-2019) wrote and directed some of the most acclaimed films of her era, from her tour de force Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), a classic of modernist cinema,...
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Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-SungKim Il-sung was the enigmatic architect of North Korea. His life is an extraordinary tale of improbable success: once a barely educated guerrilla fighter, he rose to lead the nation at the young age of 33. Against all odds, he established a horrifyingly stable...
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Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug2025 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Book Winner"As long as people are reading this book, Bella will be with us still." --Gloria Steinem Meet unique and outspoken Bella Abzug, the iconic Jewish politician and activist who fought for justice and women's rights, in this compelling...
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8 Days til Sunday: The First 96In the gritty heart of Philadelphia, where survival is an everyday hustle and dreams often die in silence, one woman finds herself staring down the most pivotal eight days of her life. "8 Days til Sunday" is a raw, soul-baring journey into the depths...
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