Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Home for ChristmasHome for Christmas is a new 64-page gift book from The New York Times bestselling author and artist Susan Branch. Reading like a long illustrated letter, Home for Christmas is a heart-warming tale of a childhood Christmas in the years after World War II,...
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Hockey Goats: The Greatest Athletes of All TimeHow do you pick hockey's GOATs? Wayne Gretzky and Hayley Wickenheiser get a lot of praise. But is Dominik Hasek the greatest goalie? And what about the constant Stanley Cup winners the Montreal Canadiens? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches. Read more...
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Hitler and My Mother-In-LawHitler and My Mother-in-Law is a riveting memoir that explores the intersection of truth-both familial and political--through the colorful and complex life of the author's mother-in-law. In a time like our own of intense propaganda and manipulation, the only WWII female correspondent who covered...
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Hannibal: Rome's Greatest EnemyTelling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of a man who, against all odds, dared to change the course of history. Over two thousand years ago one of the greatest...
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Gypsy Alibi: A Gonzo MemoirBorn in San Antonio and raised inLubbock, Bob Livingston drank from the same West Texas water as musicians likeTerry Allen, Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines, and others who were surfing the wake ofBuddy Holly, Sonny Curtis, and the Crickets. Livingston made his way to Austinand...
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Guns Up!: A Firsthand Account of the Vietnam WarTHIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE."Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet...
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Googoosh: A Sinful VoiceBefore there was Madonna or Beyoncé, there was Googoosh. For the first time, one of the biggest pop stars of the 20th century tells her remarkable story: her rise to fame in pre-revolution Iran, her arrest and imprisonment, her twenty-year exile, and finally, her...
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Golf Dreams: Writings on GolfJohn Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six. Golf Dreams collects the most memorable of his golf pieces, high-spirited evidence...
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God, I Feel Like Cinderella!Sweeping the ashes out of the fireplace at my first job as a cleaning lady, I was overwhelmed. My husband of 23 years had left me for another woman, and I was thrust into the role of a struggling single mom. At that time...
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by WomenIn kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best...
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George Washington: A Little Golden Book BiographyHelp your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about our first president George Washington! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers! Bright, appealing artwork and simple words introduce the youngest readers to our first president with engaging anecdotes, beginning...
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From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in FashionGrowing up on the Nipissing First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario, Christian Allaire wanted to work in the fashion industry, a future that seemed like a remote, and unlikely, dreamHe was first introduced to style and design through his culture's traditional Ojibwe powwow regalia--ribbon...
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Franco: A Personal and Political BiographyGeneral Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. He has been the subject of many biographies, several of them more than a thousand pages in length, but all the...
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Four Women and a Mountain: Legends and Legacies of the SierraWomen of the Sierra Nevada forged their legacy through resilience and adventure, shaping their community while pursuing dreams. Their stories inspire future generations, revealing the strength and spirit of those who embraced the mountains as home. In Four Women and a Mountain, the narrative...
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Feast on Your Life: Kitchen Meditations for Every DayFrom the award-winning author of An Everlasting Meal comes a record of daily delights from inside the kitchen and just outside it; designed to help you find joy every day. "Delight in food, in eating, in cooking, in serving, in recognizing our luck when...
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Everyone Has a Story: A Combat Medic's TaleRandy Ark was raised on a small farm outside Springfield, Ohio. He was drafted into the Army in 1967, a year after high school graduation. He served as a medic in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division from August 1968 to August 1969, where...
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English Dictionary Complete and Unabridged: More Than 730,000 Words Meanings and Phrases"The Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one." The Times The largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with more than 732,000 words, meanings and phrases. Updated...
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Engineering Infinity - Earth's First Interstellar BlueprintThe book that began the world's first forensic reconstruction of government UAP/UFO engineering programs and their Cold War origins. This new UFO evidence from a US Air Force Veteran and former Intelligence Contractor supports prior reporting from Jacques Vallee, George Knapp, Paul Stonehill along...
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East Nashville Skyline: The Songwriting Legacy of Todd SniderIn his introduction, author Brian T. Atkinson calls singer-songwriter Todd Snider "a marvel and a mystery" who "creates at any cost." Snider, originally hailing from the Portland, Oregon, area, arrived in Texas as a teen and was captured by the troubadour life while at...
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Ding Dong: How Ring Went from Shark Tank Reject to Everyone's Front DoorFrom a sweaty, near-catastrophic Shark Tank demo to a billion-dollar acquisition by Amazon, Jamie Siminoff's story of founding Ring is the ultimate underdog tale of invention, grit, and relentless reinvention.While tinkering in his garage to solve his problem of missed deliveries, Jamie hacked together...
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