Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe"Clever, charming, amusing, and just plain brilliant. Ken Krimstein is the most inventive graphic biographer on the planet-and certainly the only one who could explain both Einstein and Kafka. A page turner on gravity and relativity!" -KAI BIRD, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus,...
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Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood MacAn illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac--the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures--Dreams evokes the band's entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story. Fleetwood Mac has had a ground-breaking career spanning...
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Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim BuckleyWhen Jeff Buckley drowned at the age of thirty in 1997, he not only left behind a legacy of brilliant music -- he brought back haunting memories of his father, '60s troubadour Tim Buckley, a gifted musician who barely knew his son and who...
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Draft No. 4: On the Writing ProcessThe long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacher Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has...
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Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #3): A Pioneer TaleIn Nathan Hale's Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition, experience the hit New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tale graphic novel in a deluxe, oversized edition featuring 16 added pages of bonus material! In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois...
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Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show"Delightful." --Town & Country - "Extraordinary...Tomlinson's book is a gem." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) - "Moving...Really broke me." --The Washington Post - "This book wants to lick your face. Let it." --Kirkus Reviews Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Tomlinson explores the bond between dogs and their...
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Divine EncountersReaders uncover author Donna Rigney's powerful connection to Jesus through her divine encounters. This book explores her visions of heaven and hell as she explains her ability to interpret dreams, recall her experiences to heaven and hell, while providing readers with a multitude of...
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Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween EmpireThe first unauthorized look at the inner workings--and ultimate breakdown--of the Disney Channel machine For many kids growing up in the 2000s, there was no cultural touchstone more powerful than Disney Channel, the most-watched cable channel in primetime at its peak. Today, it might...
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Disease Knows No PoliticsDescription A memoir of medicine, scientific integrity, and the unwavering belief that disease knows no politics. Disease Knows No Politics is a timely, inspiring memoir that champions the American Dream and defends the National Institutes of Health (NIH) while recounting the extraordinary immigrant journey...
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Diary of a Confused EducatorDiary of a Confused Educator charts the journey of Ashanti Branch-award-winning teacher, mentor and founder of the Ever Forward Club and #theMillionMask Movement-over the past two decades. When Ashanti began teaching math in Oakland high schools, he thought getting students to study pass tests...
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Desert Flower"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone." --Elton JohnWaris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life...
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of ChinaWinner of the Lionel Gelber PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Washington Post Book of the Year A Bloomberg News Book...
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Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and GriefA Firecracker Award Finalist in Creative NonfictionAn Electric Literature Favorite Nonfiction Book of the YearA Kirkus Best Book of the MonthFrom poet Victoria Chang, a collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations.For Victoria Chang, memory "isn't something that...
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Danger Close: Domestic Extremist #1 Comes CleanA narrative seamlessly blending entrepreneurial prowess with covert government operations. As the visionary founder of Overstock.com, Byrne, once lauded as the "National Entrepreneur of the Year 2011" and hailed as the "Messiah of Bitcoin," reveals an astonishing twist in August 2019-his role as a...
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Conversations with Tom PettyIt's an of-told story: a young Tom Petty lucks his way onto the movie set for Elvis's Follow That Dream. The lightning bolt that is rock 'n' roll struck him and, at that moment, his future was defined and Tom Petty went on to...
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Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being HatedConfessions of a Prairie Bitch is Alison Arngrim's comic memoir of growing up as one of television's most memorable characters--the devious Nellie Oleson on the hit television show Little House on the Prairie. With behind-the-scenes stories from the set, as well as tales from...
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Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the Btk KillerIn 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolescence, he had read about serial killers and imagined becoming one. Soon after killing the family, he murdered a young woman and then another, until he had ten...
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Coming HomeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR - From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist--a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home."Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection...
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Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's StoryA Junior Library Guild Selection April 2018 2018 Cybils Award Finalist, Elementary Non-Fiction BRLA 2018 Southwest Book Award 2019 Southwest Books of the Year: Kid Pick 2020 Grand Canyon Award, Nonfiction Nominee 2020-2021 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master List STARRED REVIEW! "A perfect,...
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Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart GardnerThe vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner--creator of one of America's most stunning museums--an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's world, museum, and the art she collected.Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum, with its plain exterior...
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