Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Right to Play: How Jane Addams Fought for America's PlaygroundsJane Addams ensured that all children in the United States had the right to play. When Jane Addams was a little girl, she had a limp that prevented her from running and playing with the other children in her neighborhood. Eventually her condition improved,...
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The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LaWINNER of the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize "For a tough-guy book about tough guys, this is a work of almost unerring tenderness. If its subtitle promises "redemption," the book itself delivers something more honest: stories about people broken by powers larger than...
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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism"One of the most remarkable books I've ever read. It's truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid."--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYNPR - The Wall Street Journal - Bloomberg Business - Bookish FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR...
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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard KeynesNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An "outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit" (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas "A timely, lucid and compelling portrait...
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The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler's Guide to Building Your EmpireThe Biggest Edition - Revised and Expanded with All New ChaptersA captivating and inspiring guide to building an untouchable empire from mud to marble, no matter what obstacles stand in the wayRick Ross is a hip-hop icon and a towering figure in the business...
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The Path to Self-Love: Heal Your Heart, Set Healthy Boundaries & Unlock Your Inner StrengthA raw and honest guide to cultivating self-love, balancing it with loving others, and unlocking your healing journey, from the poet and Instagram sensation "A sanctuary of comfort and self-discovery."--Vex King Self-love is not as simple as it sounds. It's more than basic self-care...
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The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George WashingtonGeorge Washington hated having his portrait painted, but as president of the United States, he knew his image needed to live on. This nonfiction picture book explores how artist Gilbert Stuart created Washington's most lasting and recognized portrait--the one that's used on the one-dollar...
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The Occult Elvis: The Mystical and Magical Life of the KingAn esoteric and magical portrait of Elvis Presley "A lively new book." --The Guardian "Spine-chilling exposé." --The Daily Mail - Draws on firsthand accounts from Elvis's wife, Priscilla, his friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors - Looks at key teachers...
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The Mystical City of God: A Popular AbridgmentA highly successful abridgment of the monumental 2,676 page, 4 volume life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as seen in mystic vision by Venerable Mary of Agreda (1602-1665). This book overflows with enthralling information about Our Lord and Our Lady, about the creation of...
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The Most Beautiful ThingA warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look. Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and...
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The Most American King: Abdullah of JordanThis book is the first comprehensive biography on Jordan's King Abdullah. Drawing on interviews with over 100 individuals, including Abdullah's classmates, former Jordanian ministers, and CIA directors, The Most American King offers a thorough account of this key Arab leader. Aaron Magid, a former...
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The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed ForeverIn 1956, a casual bet between two millionaires eventually pitted two of the greatest golfers of the era -- Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan -- against top amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi. The year: 1956. Decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to...
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”--Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal...
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The Man in the Red BandannaWhen Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him a red bandanna, which he always carried with him. On September 11, 2001, Welles Remy Crowther saved numerous people from the upper floors of the World Trade Center South Tower. "The Man in...
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The Love That Dares: An Anthology of Queer Love LettersAn intimate and inspiring collection of letters revealing some of the greatest queer love stories in history "What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a...
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The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The Curious Destinies of Queen Victoria's GranddaughtersThe fascinating story of the Princesses of Hesse, four sisters at the heart of twentieth-century politics A gripping family saga and a portrait of a world in turmoil The Princesses of Hesse were Queen Victoria's grandchildren. After the death of their mother, Queen Victoria's...
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The Little Book of Jane Austen: A Witty Collection of Universally Acknowledged TruthsIt is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen never goes out of style. Jane Austen's much-loved novels vividly describe 19th-century society. But they are also timeless classics that continue to enjoy wild popularity 200 years after the author's death. Her delightfully quotable observations...
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A MemoirFrom one of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the...
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The Last Viking: The Life of Roald AmundsenThe Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries--the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the...
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The Jesus We Missed: The Surprising Truth about the Humanity of ChristWho was Jesus and what was His mission? The Gospels present us with an obvious but profound and compelling thought, that the eternal Word of God became a real man of particular weight and height, with a specific temperament and particular traits of character....
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