Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Dieter Rams: The Complete Works'Chances are if you've shaved with an electric razor, blow-dried your hair, or sparked up a cigarette in the past 60 years, you owe a debt of gratitude to Dieter Rams.' - New York TimesMade in close collaboration with Rams himself, this catalogue raisonné...
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Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches"I found myself underlining and highlighting things to remember for my own career. It's also entertaining--a great combination. Tim's words encourage you to keep dreaming."--Reba McEntire "Tim was a cast, crew, and audience favorite on The West Wing. He's been at the center of...
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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures. You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who...
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Constantine Cavafy: A New BiographyA long-awaited and much-anticipated biography of one of the great modern poets. In 1933, on his seventieth birthday, the poet Constantine Cavafy died in an Alexandrian hospital, surrounded by friends. He left behind a small, curated oeuvre of 154 poems, along with fragments and...
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Confessions of an Art AddictPeggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider's view of the early days of modern artPeggy Guggenheim was born into affluence and a lavish lifestyle. Bored with her seemingly "pedestrian" life in New York, she headed for Europe in 1921, where she would...
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CommunionCommunion is the iconic classic in which Whitley Strieber describes his 1985 close encounter experiences. This book, which fundamentally changed the way we understand close encounters and alien abductions, is presented here with a new introduction by the author.The message of Communion, that something...
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Christiana Figueres, Friend of the RainforestGet ready to be inspired by this biography of one-of-a-kind diplomat and activist, Christiana Figueres, whose fight to protect our planet isn't over yet.Raised in the mountains of Costa Rica surrounded by lush rainforests and vibrant wildlife, Christiana always had a deep love for...
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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted DaughterMore than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return...
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes BoothChasing Lincoln's Killer is based on James L. Swanson's New York Times bestselling book, Manhunt, also an Apple TV+ Series.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, Chasing Lincoln's Killer is a fast-paced thriller...
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Chasing Hope: A Reporter's LifeFrom New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism "Nick Kristof takes us behind the scenes as he risks his life to shine a light on the world's most...
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Changing My MindBestselling author Julian Barnes illuminates the process of how minds are changed--about politics, books, words, memories, and more--in this wise and fascinating new book. "We always believe that changing our mind is an improvement, bringing a greater truthfulness to our dealings with the world...
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Can You Imagine?: The Art and Life of Yoko OnoA stunning picture book biography in lyrical, poignant prose about Yoko Ono--a brilliant musician and one of the creative minds behind the iconic song "Imagine" by John Lennon. Yoko Ono has been called many things: Bold. Confrontational. Controversial. Artist. Musician. Witch. But she has...
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWho better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of...
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Bob Ross: A Little Golden Book BiographyHelp your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Bob Ross, the beloved painter with a big head of hair and an even bigger heart! Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for young readers--as well as...
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Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and MeAn instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave...
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Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a WizardFrom the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton's life on and off the big screen in this #1 New York Times bestseller. Tom Felton's adolescence was anything...
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Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American RocketteThe first African American Rockette charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this gripping memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio City's legendary holiday show. "Smashing through glass windows and paving the...
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Bad to Blue: The True Story of a Chinatown Gangster Turned NYPD DetectiveIn this intimate and harrowing memoir, a former Chinese gang member tells the story of how he went from "bad to blue" by leaving the gang behind and becoming a New York City police detective.Nestled in the warm embrace of his immigrant grandmother, Mike...
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A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One BoyThe story of the American Revolution as experienced by a Connecticut farm boy who enlisted in the army in 1776. A Young Patriot skillfully weaves together excerpts from the boy's wartime account with the author's explanatory text to create a fascinating and factual history...
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Augustus: First Emperor of RomeThe dramatic story of Augustus, Rome's first emperor, who plunged into Rome's violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Roman Empire "A fascinating study of political life in ancient Rome."--Nick Romeo,...
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