Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full BiographyLost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This comprehensive edition includes Jacobs's narrative in full alongside a full-length biography. For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by...
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The Totally Awesome World of Steph Curry: Learn All There Is to Know about Your Favorite MVPLearn everything there is to know about the basketball master of the 3-point shot from the Golden State Warriors in The Totally Awesome World of Steph Curry! Are you a basketball superfan? Do you want to dive into the life of one of the...
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The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played (Tiger Woods in 2000-2001)WINNER OF THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARD GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 "A captivating tale." --Kirkus Reviews - "Masterful." --Mark Frost - "The rare must-read." --Alan Shipnuck - "This book is truly as grand as it gets." --Jim Nantz Twenty-five years ago,...
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The Tao of WuFrom the founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, an inspirational book for the hip-hop fan. The RZA, founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, imparts the lessons he's learned on his journey from the Staten Island projects to international superstardom. A devout student of knowledge in every...
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The Story of Edgar Cayce: There Is a RiverThis original biography of Edgar Cayce tells the complete story of America's most well-documented psychic. Explores Cayce's life, work, psychic readings, and phenomenal medical cures. Photos. Index.Author: Thomas SugruePublisher: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & EnligPublished: 02/01/1997Pages: 382Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.30w...
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The Spamalot Diaries"A rollicking account of the making of [the] Broadway musical Spamalot [and] an irresistible and unfiltered ode to the art of live theater. Fans will love this tantalizing glimpse behind the curtain."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) From comedy legend Eric Idle, the fascinating inside story...
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The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for JusticeAn NBC Dateline producer's cinematic account of his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent men In 2002, Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC's Dateline, received a tip from a Bronx homicide detective that two men were...
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The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."--Ron Chernow, author of Grant "Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained nowhere else... Ulysses Grant in his Memoirs gives us a unique glimpse of someone...
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The Perfect Game: Tetris: From Russia with LoveThe Tetris Revolution: Henk B. Rogers' Bold Quest to Turn a Soviet Puzzle into a Global Gaming IconDiscover the riveting journey of Henk B. Rogers, a visionary entrepreneur who transformed Tetris from a humble Soviet puzzle game into an international sensation. From programming his...
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The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father's MadnessOne cold night in April, Natasha's father drove his car into the frigid water of New York Bay with her two-year-old half-sister in the backseat. She was the one to walk him past the column of hungry reporters demanding an explanation.The headline in The...
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The Negro Motorist Green Book CompendiumYou've heard the tales, you've watched the movie, but have you seen The Green Book?During the dangerous days of Jim Crow segregation, it was difficult to be an African-American traveler, as hotels that would take you or restaurants that would serve you were few...
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The Negro Bible - The Slave Bible: Select Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India IslandsThis is an Introduction, History, and Photocopy of the Slave Bible. - There was an uneasy tension as the slave owners sought to maintain control and keep the slaves working calmly and the abolitionists began to question the moral cost of slavery. The abolitionist...
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The Mysterious Voyage of Captain KiddA difficult mission, a mutinous crew, treacherous waters, and merchant ships bearing cargoes of gold, silk, diamonds and rubies...all awaited Captain William Kidd as he found himself caught up in the doomed voyage of the Adventure Galley. But did this well-respected seaman, familiar to...
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a FamilyImagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his...
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being AloneFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism #1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub A dazzling work of biography,...
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The Little Book of Kobe: In His Own Words-The Wisdom of a King of Sport, Business and CharityThe wisdom of a king of sport, business and charity. Dedicated to a legend of basketball, this is a pocket-sized compendium of the inspirational thoughts of one of the game's all-time greats. From the earliest years of his life through to the heartfelt tributes...
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The Life-Changing Magic of Baking: A Beginner's Guide by Baker Joy WilsonThe Life-Changing Magic of Baking is a beginner's guide to baking, with secrets from social media sensation and award-winning baker, Joy Wilson Learn how Joy Wilson, also known as Joy the Baker, grew up watching her parents bake, and later took chocolate chip cookies...
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The Last Season"As Jon Krakauer did with Into the Wild, Blehm turns a missing-man riddle into an insightful meditation on wilderness and the personal demons and angels that propel us into it alone." -- Outside magazineDestined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season...
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The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota HistoryDrawing on vivid oral histories, Joseph M. Marshall's intimate biography introduces a never-before-seen portrait of Crazy Horse and his Lakota communityMost of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little...
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The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed AmericaFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz--Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie--who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become...
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