Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix ItA New York Times bestselling biographer and lifelong baseball devotee takes readers on an epic journey through the game that baseball has become-- a heartfelt manifesto that's perfect for lovers of the sport. Jane Leavy has always loved baseball. Her grandmother lived one long,...
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Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's PoetryBraiding together biography and criticism, Adam Plunkett challenges our understanding of Robert Frost's life and poetic legacy in a pathbreaking new work. By the middle of the twentieth century, Robert Frost was the best-loved poet in America. He was our nation's bard, simple and...
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Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (a Love Story)Both a love letter to America and a stirring rallying cry for the country to live up to the ideals on which it was founded, this propulsive biography from National Book Award Finalist and "nonfiction maestro (Horn Book)" Deborah Heiligman chronicles the extraordinary life...
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Little WeirdsStep into Jenny Slate's wild imagination in this "magical" (Mindy Kaling), "delicious" (Amy Sedaris), and "poignant" (John Mulaney) New York Times bestseller about love, heartbreak, and being alive -- "this book is something new and wonderful" (George Saunders). You may "know" Jenny Slate from...
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world. Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations, including:...
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Lions Do Not Bow: The Unbreakable Courage of Canada's PastorIn today's world, it is often difficult to take the road less traveled--a road where one's religious beliefs and moral convictions are uncompromising. Early in his life, Pastor Artur Pawlowski decided to follow the Lord, no matter the cost. Years later, at an Easter...
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Liliana's Invincible Summer (Pulitzer Prize Winner): A Sister's Search for JusticePULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - "A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister's murderer to justice years after the fact" (The Boston Globe), from "one of Mexico's greatest living...
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Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy HeroinesThe derring-do of Shark Lady meets the inspiration of Mae Among the Stars in the true stories of four intrepid and diverse women of history as they battle weather and waves to save sailors at sea. Kris Coronado's debut nonfiction picture book, perfect for...
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Life and Art: EssaysA marvelous new essay collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Somebody's Fool and The Destiny Thief Life and Art--these are the twin subjects considered in Richard Russo's twelve masterful new essays--how they inform each other and how the stories we tell ourselves about...
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Lessons from My Teachers: From Preschool to the PresentAn inspiring collection of "pristine, perfect" (Elizabeth Strout) essays on the life-altering bonds between teacher and student and the timeless wisdom imparted both inside and outside the classroom--from critically acclaimed author, MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Tony Award-nominated playwright and author, Sarah...
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Legendary Heroes: Epic Characters from Across the AgesMeet the bold, the brave, and the brilliant - over 100 individual heroes of legend from cultures around the world are profiled in an engaging and fun way! Explore the adventures of more than 100 heroes of ancient legend, brought to life in this...
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L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood"Choi's true-crime biography adds much-needed detail and perspective to Noguchi's unusual and compelling story." --BooklistL.A. Coroner is a gripping true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars," who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood,...
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Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary UnderbellyA deluxe, annotated edition of Kitchen Confidential to celebrate the life of Anthony Bourdain, featuring new photo insertsOver two decades ago, the New Yorker published a now infamous article, "Don't Eat Before Reading This," by then little-known chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain spared no one's...
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King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the SouthA Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated BookShortlisted 2025, Museum of African American History Stone Book AwardFrom the New York Times bestselling author, a radical reframing of the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. "Theoharis shows us through penetrating research and sensitive, scholarly insight...
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Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition, Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for JusticeThe young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature! In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1...
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for JusticeBryan Stevenson's incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and...
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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be YouJustice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award!Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough....
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John Williams: A Composer's LifeThe first biography of a great American composer of the cinema age John Williams is one of the most important film composers of all time, having almost singlehandedly revived the Hollywood symphonic scoring tradition and helped restore the livelihood of American orchestras through the...
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John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America's IndependenceA compelling, intimate portrait of John Hancock, going beyond the flamboyant signature to reveal the pivotal role that he had in the American Revolution A contemporary of Samuel Adams, John Adams, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette, Hancock had a list of contacts...
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John Candy: A Life in ComedyFrom the bestselling author of Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy, the definitive biography of John Candy--a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy's most beloved and enduring stars. From his humble beginnings in sketch comedy with the Toronto branch of Second City, to...
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