Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Brooklyn Joe and Sal"Open this book and you can taste the tomatoes, hear the arguments, bemoan local politics, and feel the hugs from people you just met. It's a gift." -Mary Barile. Author, Playwright, and Granddaughter of Brooklyn"His neighborhood, Brooklyn's Bensonhurst, was full of people notfar from...
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Through Her EyesDr. Arthur Vaughn shares the story of his family's journey from enslavement all the way through the Great Migration-the period when 6 million formerly-enslaved people journeyed North from the Antebellum-era South. He shares stories his grandmother Rosa Mae Woodall told him over the course...
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Strength Of Will: My Journey To The TopAngelique Kerber is the most successful and popular German tennis player of the last decade: She won Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open. In her autobiography she describes for the first time in detail her way to the top of tennis and...
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Stars of the NFLStars of the NFL includes profiles of twenty-eight top players. This includes great quarterbacks like Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes, other offensive powerhouses like Ja'Marr Chase and Travis Kelce, defensive mainstays like Aaron Donald and T. J. Watt, and special team standouts like Justin...
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American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest FortuneA gripping, "rollicking" (John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood) biography of Jay Gould, the greatest of the 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial...
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Memories: An Oasis in TimeThe story of Kamel Abu Jaber (1932-2020) is in some ways the story of the modern day Kingdom of Jordan. In this short and sweet collection of memories, Kamel recounts his tribal past, being a Christian Bedouin family, his childhood, seeking better opportunities in...
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The BeatlesMeet The Beatles and discover the story of their lives and musical career in this engagingly illustrated biography--narrated by John, Paul, George, and Ringo themselves. The Genius Series is a series of illustrated books specifically designed for elementary school children, narrating the stories of...
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I Only Remember Grievances And Desserts"Revenge is a dish best served cold" - Khan Noonien SinghMy more than 20 years of professional experience in the male-dominated career of emergency management has not exactly been a walk in the park. As less worn as the "path less traveled" may be,...
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Captive in IslamAt the age of 8, Urmi was married and divorced. Her mother had her married behind her father's back, who immediately made sure she got divorced. Urmi was taught by her loving father how to be a devout follower of Islam. Her mother, on...
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Susie King Taylor: Nurse, Teacher & Freedom FighterFrom the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Never Caught and She Came to Slay comes a vibrant middle grade biography of Susie King Taylor, one of the first Black Civil War nurses, in a new series spotlighting Black women who left their...
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This Rough Magic: At Home on the Columbia SloughThe Columbia Slough in Portland, Oregon, often gets a bad rap. It's been called a "swamp," an "open sewer," even the "slough of despond." But clean-up efforts in recent years have begun to rehabilitate the slough's reputation and restore its value as a thin...
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Prairie Gothic: The Story of a West Texas FamilyPrairie Gothic is full of Texas lore. Erickson tells the story of people in the context of a specific place. This place, instrumental in shaping their lives, is the flatland prairie of northwestern Texas that has gone by various names (High Plains, South Plains,...
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Letters to Freddie: The Biography of Midge ThomasMidge Thomas is a creative visionary with a passion for bettering the Rochester, New York community. She and her husband, Dr. Freddie Thomas, were highly involved with tutoring and inspiring Rochester's struggling youth in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Since Freddie's untimely death...
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Before There Was An AfterA powerful and emotional mother and son memoir that recounts their seven year journey through his heroin addiction and multiple attempts at recovery. Honest, heartbreaking and revealing they share their very personal experience, mistakes, and search for answers. The book is intended to be...
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How Languages Changed My LifeHow Languages Changed My Life is a collection of stories exploring the importance of languages in shaping the lives of individuals and communities around the world. It brings together writers and musicians, politicians and activists, teachers, students, scientists, comedians, and sportspeople whose experiences are...
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Tears Become Rain: Stories of Transformation and Healing Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh32 mindfulness practitioners around the world reflect on encountering the extraordinary teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, who passed away in January 2022, exploring themes of coming home to ourselves, healing from grief and loss, facing fear, and building community and belonging. Some...
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The Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed HimCombining a humane perspective, lively anecdotes, and a deep curiosity about the uncharted territories of the human brain, The Tenth Nerve is a richly fascinating memoir that will fill you with wonder. "The scalpel can only go so deep, and technical skill can only...
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Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters: The Early YearsA collection of anthropologist Goodall's letters from her early years reveals the person only her friends and family knew until now. Here is the girl who punts at Oxford, who journeys to Africa for the first time, and blooms into one of the most...
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the EvergladesDavid Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that's what Officer Jeff Babauta...
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My 12 Hours Aren't Up YetKaren has lived through trials and tribulations since the day she was born. From a tender age, she endured innumerable surgeries due to her heart condition and, later, she fought through the many struggles associated with marriage, love, divorce, loss... and a miracle baby...
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