Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court JusticeBefore Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there was Louis D. Brandeis: a lawyer/activist turned Supreme Court Justice who drew on common sense and Jewish values to make a difference. This nonfiction picture book for young readers ages 7 - 10 brings to life a man full...
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What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of ExcellenceNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a long-awaited book that uses impactful episodes from Schwarzman's life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply...
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What If It All Goes Right?: Practicing Hope in the Hardest TimesRediscover your light, find your inner strength, and dare to practice hope.With raw honesty, insight, and humor, Scarlet Keys weaves a healing memoir that challenges us to live well-to commit to wider, deeper, and more optimistic lives, even in the darkest times.Keys helps you...
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We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life"We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It's the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I've read. It's going to save lives." -- Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir What could possibly be "lucky" about...
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Watergate: A New HistoryFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes--this one." --The Washington Post * "Dazzling." --The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling...
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Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable GovernmentThe last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you've never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Fine--who served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the...
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Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American ImaginationONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME - The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history: Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism...
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Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across SpainAn intimate, funny, and poignant New York Times bestseling travel memoir following award-winning author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam. When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found...
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Vogue on Christian DiorStep into the world of haute couture with Vogue on Christian Dior, a captivating exploration of one of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century. This beautifully illustrated volume, part of the acclaimed Vogue On series, delves into Christian Dior's revolutionary vision...
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Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh BrothersFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend--Theo supported Vincent as he struggled to find his...
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Vera Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got AwayAuthor: Christopher McKittrickPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 312Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20dISBN: 9781985902190Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2025Library Journal 03/01/2025 pg. 102About the AuthorMcKittrick, Christopher: - Christopher McKittrick is the author of Gimme All Your Lovin': The Blues, Boogie, and...
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Until I Came Home: A Sunset's JournalWhen a mid-20's computer programmer seeks liberation by trading in his day job for a backpack and an unfamiliar roadmap to another culture in South America, he encounters not only beauty and inspiration but also colorism and uncharted territory, calling into question the decision...
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Unraveling: What I Learned about Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater"Orenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it's easy to forget she's an important thinker too."--PeopleIn this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through...
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Unafraid: Staring Down Terror as a Navy SEAL and Single DadHot Wash noun: The review held after military training and real-world operations facilitating growth and improvement; an honest evaluation of strengths and weaknesses As a special operator in the US Navy's most elite unit and actively engaged in the Global War on Terrorism, Eddie...
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Turner and Constable: Art, Life, LandscapeBorn just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J. M. W. Turner and John Constable went on to change the face of British art The two men have routinely been seen as polar opposites, not least by their...
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Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal PsychedelicsA riveting look at the tremendous promise and inherent risks of the use of psychedelics in mental health treatment through the lens of a New York Times reporter whose journalistic exploration of this emerging field began with a personal crisis. When he signed up...
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Travels with Charley in Search of AmericaAn intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers A Penguin Classic In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell...
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To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American ExperimentInstant New York Times Bestseller#1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how George Washington saved the Constitution-and the American experiment"To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a young United States." --Jay WinikA sweeping narrative ranging...
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Too Small a World: The Life of Mother Frances Cabrini"The world is too small," Saint Frances Cabrini (1850-1917) once declared. "I would like to embrace it all, to reach every corner." This compelling, authoritative biography chronicles the astounding life of a petite Italian-born religious sister who, with the heart of a missionary, conquered...
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To Be Loved: A Memoir: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and TransformationRarely does a trauma therapist disclose their own trauma history . . . yet it's the untold, brutally honest, incredibly heartbreaking story of Dr. Frank Anderson that made him the world-renowned trauma expert he is today. Known for his magnetic and radiant personality, Frank...
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