Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Meat Teacher Cookbook: The Ultimate Backyard BBQ Guide for an A+ in PitmasteryFrom teacher-turned-grillmaster and TikTok sensation The Meat Teacher comes the ultimate BBQ lesson plan: a fiery cookbook bursting mouthwatering recipes, plus easy-to-follow tips and tricks that will guarantee you graduate with an A+ at the pit."Whoever cooked this knows how to nail meat." -Gordon...
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The Many Lives of Mama Love (Oprah's Book Club): A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing"Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won't want to stop." --Oprah Winfrey OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback...
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The Manicurist's Daughter: A MemoirAn emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future....
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The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and FelonyThe Washington Post's Best Books of 2024 Eater's Best Food Books to Read This Spring This "witty, humorous, and heartfelt" (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich's life, from growing up in Florida as the child of a Filipino mother and...
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The Life-Changing Magic of Chess: A Beginner's Guide with Grandmaster Maurice AshleyExperience The Life-Changing Magic of Chess, a beginner's guide with secrets from Grandmaster Maurice Ashley! After making history as the chess world's first Black Grandmaster, Maurice Ashley went on to become a three-time national championship coach and commentator. Now he's sharing his passion for...
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The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family MemoirOne Hmong family's harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.Author: Kao Kalia YangPublisher: Coffee House PressPublished: 04/11/2017Pages: 312Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.82h x 5.91w x 0.94dISBN: 9781566894784About the AuthorKao Kalia Yang is a teacher,...
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The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America"T.J. English hits the bullseye again. This is true crime writing at its most gripping and immediate -- a riveting epic about crooked cops, lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and politicians who corrupted a continent and got snow to flow out of the tropics. The Last...
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The Last Empress of France: The Rebellious Life of Eugénie de MontijoThe dramatic, untold story of Eugénie de Montijo, the woman who created haute couture, fought for women's rights, opened France's schools to girls and ruled the country as its last empress, yet today remains almost unknown.Although a nineteenth-century woman, her almost twenty-first century outlook...
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The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New WorldThe "superbly entertaining and well-researched" (Financial Times) history of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico--and faced bloody consequences. In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a...
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The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of GeniusA New Yorker Best Book of 2024 A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2024 A Financial Times Best Book of 2024 A Kirkus Best Book of 2024 A Daily Telegraph Best Book of 2024 A "beautifully composed and revealing" (Financial Times) biography of...
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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American HeroIn the New York Times bestseller The Immortal Irishman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan illuminates the dawn of the great Irish American story, with all its twists and triumphs, through the life of one heroic man.A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of...
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The History of Juneteenth: Notable Events for Young ReadersCelebrate the power of freedom in this introduction to Juneteenth for ages 6 to 9.The History of Juneteenth is more than just a story--it's a vivid introduction to one of the most important moments in American history. Designed for young readers ages 6 to...
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The High Sierra: A Love StoryA "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the...
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The Half of It: A MemoirA memoir from singer-songwriter Madison Beer, chronicling the past decade of her life spent in the spotlight--the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens that you won't see on social media.Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have...
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The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A MemoirThe inspiring and delicious memoir of an American woman who had the gall to open a cooking school in Paris--a true story of triumphing over French naysayers and falling in love with a city along the way "An engaging, multilayered story of a woman...
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the RipperWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & BiographyThe award-winning, best-selling book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders foreverPolly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they...
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The Defiant 511 of the Alberni Indian Residential SchoolMany Indigenous children experienced the grim realities of residential schools-from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse to malnourishment, forced religious indoctrination, and attempted cultural eradication. In this memoir, Evelyn Thompson-George shares her father's deeply personal account of his time at the Alberni Indian Residential School,...
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The Dazzling Paget Sisters: The English Twins Who Captivated Literary EuropeFor fans of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love, this is the real-life story of Celia and Mamaine Paget: "devoted twins, whose lives and loves traversed the intellectual currents and crises of mid-twentieth century Europe" (Rupert Christiansen). After Celia Goodman née Paget died in...
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The Children We Left Behind: How Western Culture Rationalizes Family Separation & Ignores The Pain Of Child NeglectNearly every major social problem in the West can be traced back to our declining appreciation for the nuclear family structure and our failure to plan for families properly. Our culture has shifted from prioritizing sacrifice for the benefit of innocent children to catering...
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The Chancellor's Mansion: A Renovation Story of Family, Home, History, and MysteryThe breathtaking story of one family's journey to restore, renovate, and preserve a historic mansion. It's a million-dollar project with gorgeous potential--and many challenges. THE CHANCELLOR'S MANSION was built by William Townsend McCoun, a public servant and abolitionist in New York City. The once-grand...
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