Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Who Is Katie Ledecky?Learn how a young girl who loved being in the water became one of the greatest Olympic swimmers of all time in this exciting addition to the Who HQ Now series featuring newsmakers and trending topics. Katie Ledecky began swimming competitively at age six...
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When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American LawCharlie Chaplin, the silent screen's "Little Tramp," was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described by ace New York Daily News reporter Florabel Muir as "the best show...
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What Matters Most: The Get Your Shit Together Guide to Wills, Money, Insurance, and Life's What-IfsA practical look at putting your life together written by the founder of the internationally celebrated website Get Your Shit Together and informed by the author's personal experience after her husband was killed in a biking accident. Part memoir, part hard-working how-to guidebook, What...
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What Lies Above the CloudsIn his second memoir, David Alan Arnold takes us on a Life and Death Adventure, in his helicopter, flying for Ice Road Truckers and Deadliest Catch. But, he also gets into adventures at home, picking a fight with an Organized Crime Ring that took...
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What I Told My Daughter: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered WomenEmpower yourself and the latest generation of girls with this collection of inspiring reflections from notable, highly accomplished women in politics, academia, athletics, the arts, and business, including Madeleine Albright, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and more.In What I Told My Daughter, a powerful, diverse group...
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We Are Ready: A President's Preparation and PurposeWhat does it take to turn a struggling Christian college into one of the fastest-growing faith-based universities in the nation? In We Are Ready: A President's Preparation and Purpose, Dr. Ronald L. Ellis reveals the behind-the-scenes journey of transforming California Baptist University from a...
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War as I Knew ItA classic of American military history first published in 1947, War as I Knew It is the captivating memoir of George S. Patton, Jr., the legendary general, incendiary warrior, and unparalled tactician of World War II.Drawing from General Patton's vivid memories of battle and...
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Wanted: The FBI I Once KnewWanted: The FBI I Once Knew offers an insider's look into America's top law enforcement agency, revealing a significant shift in the FBI's mission, methods, and ethical standards. In this compelling book, Chris Piehota-who served the FBI for 25 years and retired as a...
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Unlocking The Gates Of Your Spiritual PrisonWithin the pages of this book you will take a journey through the life of a man who rejected God's call, cheated death many times, lived as an international fuguitive, suffered years of imprisonment, witnessed miracles, and eventually surrendered to God and wrote a...
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Twist of Faith: The Story of Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne's PretzelsThe secret ingredient is love.It was a short distance from Anne Beiler's little town in the heart of Mennonite country to her humble farmer's stand that would become the first Auntie Anne's Pretzel store. But it was a long life journey for Anne to...
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Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the WindowThis engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and...
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To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail**A USA TODAY bestseller** A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record on the Pacific Crest Trail. When Emily Halnon lost her beloved mother to a rare uterine cancer at just sixty-six...
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To Rob a Bank Is an HonorFor the first time in English, the autobiography of the revolutionary outlaw who brought Citibank to its knees.In 1981, Lucio Urtubia received a suitcase full of cash from Citibank executives, handed over the plates he'd used to forge 20 million dollars in traveler's checks,...
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Tickled SoulAS WE REACH MIDLIFE, many of us begin to question certain aspects of our lives. New hobbies, homes, relationships, or even careers may beckon as we contemplate what comes next. For Keith Pochick, what began as a "what if" soon became a transition from...
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Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short IntroductionThomas Aquinas is one of the giants of medieval philosophy, a thinker who had--and who still has--a profound influence on Western thought. Aquinas was a controversial figure in his time who was often engaged in fierce theological debates. He was the foremost classical proponent...
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The Wounds That Bind UsThe improbable and powerful true story of a single mother with prosthetics for both legs who travels the globe with her young daughter in a Land Rover. "A harrowing memoir. . . . Readers may not want to follow in [Shinn's] footsteps, but they...
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The World That Was the World of the Blackman: And What Happened to ItCassana Maddox Nablisi was born Cassana Virginia Chestnut, on January 4, 1930, in New York City, New York, the daughter of James Samuel Chestnut and Bessie Anna Hairston-Chestnut. She attended high school at Seward Park High School in Manhattan, joined the United States Navy...
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The Wonderful World of James Herriot: A Charming Collection of Classic StoriesJames Herriot's timeless, heartwarming, and perceptive stories about animals and people have charmed millions of readers around the world, and millions more have watched the popular PBS series All Creatures Great and Small, which is based on his four books. The Wonderful World of...
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient EgyptAn engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut--the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne--was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father's family. Her...
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The Wives: A Memoir"[Simone] Gorrindo's prose is inviting and fluid, and her storytelling is intimate and vivid...[an] engaging, evocative memoir." --The New York Times Book Review "A hopeful, unifying memoir." --People This profoundly intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story...
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