Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Queen as It Began: The Authorized BiographyThe revered and authorized Queen biography, revised and updated.The original edition explored every aspect of the legendary group's career from inception to 1992.Revised and updated with cooperation and insight from Brian May and Roger Taylor - and drawing on exclusive interviews with the bandmembers...
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Prince CurlsAs first-time parents to a beautiful brown baby boy named Declan, who was born with a head full of hair, our family was surprised to find that there aren't many books encouraging young boys to grow and embrace their beautiful curly and coily hair....
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Pretend We're Dead: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the '90s"A refreshing and much-needed contribution to the male-dominated history of rock 'n' roll."--Kirkus Reviews From the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, an exploration of women in the '90s rock scene, featuring original interviews with Liz Phair, Shirley Manson, Kristin Hersh,...
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Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in EssaysInfused with a passion for justice, this sublime, expansive memoir by a Peruvian American feminist will appeal to fans of Crying in H Mart and How to Raise a Feminist Son. Through braided memories that flash against the present day, Portrait of a Feminist...
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Portland Queer: Stories of LGBTQ+ Life in Portland, OregonAuthor: Ariel GorePublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 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 Hip Mama, a winner of the...
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Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic MasterpiecePlato is one of history's most influential thinkers, the "sublime philosopher" whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his teacher, Socrates, discussing ethical truths with prominent citizens of Athens. Yet the image we...
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Pioneer Doctor: The Story of a Woman's WorkWhen Mollie Babcock stepped off the train in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890, she knew she had to start a new life. She'd left her husband and their medical practice in Iowa, and with only a few hundred dollars in her pocket and...
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Picture the Past(tm) Heroes and Heroines of the American Revolution: Historical Coloring BookColor 42 legendary American Revolution heroes and heroines. These dramatic illustrations include Nathan Hale, an American spy captured and executed by the British; Margaret Cochran Corbin, who followed her husband to the battlefront and took his place as a gunner when he was killed;...
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Peque?os Rebeldes / Little Rebel BoysUn libro para ni?os (a partir de 6 a?os) que inspira a los j?venes lectores a so?ar en grande a trav?s de breves biograf?as y magn?ficas ilustraciones de hombres que han cambiado el mundo.Cien hombres que se atravieron a cambiar el mundo. Cien historias...
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Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'BrienThe first literary biography of Tim O'Brien, the preeminent American writer of the war in Vietnam and one of the best writers of his generation, drawing on never-before-seen materials and original interviews. "Vietnam made me a writer." --Tim O'Brien Featuring over one hundred interviews...
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Our Daily WarTen years on from the annexation of Crimea, two years on from Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people continue to fight back. In the second volume of his war diaries, Andrey Kurkov gives a fresh perspective on a people for whom resistance...
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On the Back of an Envelope: A Life in WritingNew and selected writings by one of the United Kingdom's leading contemporary historians. As one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts and contemporary historians, Peter Hennessy has spent his professional life unpicking the arcane world of Whitehall and Westminster. He began his career as a...
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On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life on Set with the Sopranos and in the Film IndustryThe executive producer of The White Lotus shares how he got his big break in film and television production on "the greatest TV show of all time" (Rolling Stone) An inside look at the film industry for fans, students, and aspiring professionals -- featuring...
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On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's SportsA dramatic profile of Caitlin Clark and her record-breaking year in women's basketball, the unprecedented media attention this national phenom has received, and the seismic effect she has had not just on WNBA attendance and TV ratings but on the way Americans view female...
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Olivia RodrigoOlivia Rodrigo drove herself to the top of the Billboard charts with her first hit song, "Drivers License." This hi/lo title begins with Rodrigo's early life and work as an actress. The leveled text then follows her rise to fame as a pop star....
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Nothing But Courage: The 82nd Airborne's Daring D-Day Mission--And Their Heroic Charge Across the La Fi?re BridgeFrom the bestselling author of Shoot for the Moon and A Terrible Glory comes the dramatic story of the courageous paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd Airborne, who risked their lives to seize and secure a small, centuries-old bridge in France that played a...
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Nothin' Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney DangerfieldThe first-ever biography of the legendary comic and the most improbable rise to fame in the history of American comedy. Getting there wasn't always a laughing matter. Rodney Dangerfield's fidgety delivery, self-deprecating humor, and catchphrase "I don't get no respect" made him a comedy...
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Notes to JohnA new book coming from the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.Author: Joan DidionPublisher: Knopf Publishing GroupPublished: 04/22/2025Pages: 224Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsISBN: 9780593803677
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No Offense: A Memoir in EssaysWhen Jackie "came out" in 2014, right as the Trump era was revving up, she began paying closer attention to the inappropriate questions, uncomfortable reactions, and pointed assumptions about sexuality and gender she was witnessing and now experiencing firsthand. NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN...
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Non-DisclosureNon-DisclosureIn the compelling memoir Non-Disclosure, author George Dapra draws fascinating connections between the struggles of immigrants settling in the United States, like his Italian parents, and those who enter the United States Marshal's Witness Security Program. Dapra was an inspector for the program in...
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