Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Nijinsky: A Life of Genius and MadnessThe intoxicating story of one of the greatest dancers in the history of ballet and the paradox of his profound genius and descent into madness.Vaslav Nijinsky stands alone as a dancer, interpretive artist, and choreographic pioneer. His breathtaking performances with the Ballet Russe took...
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Nigger: An AutobiographyComedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory's million-copy-plus bestselling memoir--now in trade paperback for the first time. "Powerful and ugly and beautiful...a moving story of a man who deeply wants a world without malice and hate and is doing something about it."--The New York...
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New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary CelebrationA must-have for every New Kids fan, this beautifully designed volume traces 40 years of the groundbreaking boy band through photos, interviews, and all the fascinating facts. Donnie, Danny, Jonathan, Jordan, and Joey: they are Boston's own New Kids on the Block, an iconic...
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Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock"Revelatory and propulsively arranged." - The New York Times The first ever oral-history of Krautrock, the sound that changed modern music. West Germany, 1968. Like everywhere else in the Western world, the young generation is pushing for radical change, still suffering the after-effects of...
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Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing"Nervous takes the focus from the abstract and does what doctors (and historians) failed to do: makes her story, her pain, and her life as real as any history that proceeded. Nervous gives face and weight to those forgotten women whose suffering has become...
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My Way: A Memoir of Hayawo KiyamaHayawo Kiyama was born in 1936 and grew up in Japan during the second world war. His autobiography, transcribed and edited by Christine Willis, captures the life and culture of that place and time as well as his and his family's suffering during the...
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Mystic Nomad: A Woman's Wild Journey to True Connection"A must-read for anyone on the path of awakening." -Roshi Joan HalifaxA raw and revelatory spiritual memoir that chronicles a woman's quest for love, healing, and awakening across multiple continents.From the emotional barrenness of a postwar German childhood to the false promise of guru...
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My Little Golden Book about Abraham LincolnHelp your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about President Abraham Lincoln! The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers! Bright pictures and a simple story capture the essence of one of our most popular presidents. Little ones will enjoy...
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My First Book about Prophet Muhammad: Teachings for Toddlers and Young ChildrenInside this board book toddlers and young children will find out about the Prophet Muhammad's amazing character and unshakeable belief in Allah. Stunning illustrations, full of color, bring the pages to life and the carefully written text is simple, easy to understand, and suitable...
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My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and HopeDiane Guerrero, the star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, presents her personal story in this middle-grade memoir about her parents' deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocumented immigrants and their American children. Before landing a spot on the megahit...
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Mrs. Kennedy and MeThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called "clear and honest prose free from salaciousness and gossip," Jackie Kennedy's personal Secret Service agent details his very close relationship with the First Lady during the four years leading up...
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Motel ChroniclesMotel Chronicles reveals the fast-moving and sometimes surprising world of the man behind the plays that have made Sam Shepard a living legend in the theater. Shepard chronicles his own life birth in Illinois, childhood memories of Guam, Pasadena and rural Southern California, adventures...
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Moses Malone: The Life of a Basketball ProphetMoses Malone overcame abject poverty in segregated Petersburg, Virginia, to become the first modern-day basketball player to jump directly from high school to the pros, paving a path for future stars such as Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James to follow. Moses Malone:...
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More Than a Game: How the Uconn Basketball Dynasty Was Built on a Culture of CaringIn More Than a Game, Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun, with journalist Dom Amore, reflects on a career that transcended the basketball court and shaped countless lives. From humble beginnings in Braintree, Massachusetts, to building the UConn men's basketball dynasty, Calhoun shares the...
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Modigliani: Man and Myth - Biography and Works of Italian Painter and Sculptor Amedeo ModiglianiAmedeo Modigliani stands as one of Italy's best-known painters and sculptors of the 20th century, posthumously renowned for his characteristic style and eccentric personality.Writing in the 1950s, Modigliani's daughter Jeanne was only a baby when her father died. Nevertheless, her interest in her father's...
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Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They LovedThe ultimate fly-on-the wall memoir packed with revelations, intimate insights, and history-making moments from the tour manager, friend, lover, and confidante to some of the most revered rock icons of the 60's, 70's and 80's. Chris O'Dell wasn't famous. She wasn't even almost famous....
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek HomeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A harrowing, moving first-person account of the 1972 plane crash that left its survivors stranded on a glacier in the Andes--and one man's quest to lead them all home--by Nando Parrado, a subject of the Oscar-nominated film Society of...
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Minnesota's Most Notorious Mobster: The Making and Breaking of Kid Cann"Ninety percent of [what] was written about me is bullshit"Isadore Blumenfeld, aka Kid Cann, came to Minnesota as a toddler when his family emigrated from Romania. In Prohibition-era Minneapolis, a city of vast wealth inequality and vicious antisemitism, young Isadore rose from impoverished newsboy...
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Michelangelo at Midlife: Chasing the Tomb of Julius IIA traveler's quest for Michelangelo's most troubled work of art--the notorious Tomb of Pope Julius II. "A delightful combination of art history and light drama." -- Kirkus Reviews"Like a trip to Italy: edifying, informative, and unpredictable." -- BookLife Reviews His artistic ambitions crumbling as...
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Me: Stories of My LifeA NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book of the Year "In her book about her life, Miss Hepburn insists that that woman in the movies was not her at all. 'I'm not going to hide behind you anymore, ' she says. 'Who are you anyway?...
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