Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien★ "It's a beautiful tribute. An accessible and inspiring mini-biography, delightfully illustrated."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Just in time for the 75th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe comes Painting Wonder, an enchanting picture book biography about the artist whose illustrations brought...
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Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2023 A TOP TEN BOOK OF 2023 AT CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about...
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Our Country's Presidents, 2024 Edition: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. PresidencyRevised and updated to include the winner of the 2024 presidential election, this photo-filled and fact-packed book is a timely must-have reference. National Geographic presents the 45 individuals who have led the U.S. in this up-to-date, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated family, school, and library...
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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerA young readers edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus was the inspiration for the blockbuster film, Oppenheimer. This brand-new edition introduces the next generation to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures. J....
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Open: An Autobiography#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life. - "Agassi's memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game." --Time "Honest in a way that such...
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisFrom award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in the heart of an empire that doesn't consider you fully human. On October 25th, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar...
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No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in ChildbirthNOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER INSPIRATION FOR HOW TO CREATE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND IS THE UNLIKELY STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN LEAVES MADISON AVENUE AND TACKLES THE GLOBAL MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS HEAD ON--PREFACED BY A POWERFUL FOREWORD BY BEST-SELLING...
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North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of AlaskaHailed as a "worthy successor" to John McPhee (Kirkus Reviews), Ben Weissenbach --a digital native with little prior wilderness experience--embarks on a series of scientific adventures across the wilds of Alaska with some of the state's most distinguished and audacious researchers. At the age...
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No Ordinary LoveThree untold, true stories. Three different stages of survival. Three women share their experiences of intimate partner violence, vowing to no longer remain silent. But the countdown is on for them to speak up and say, no more. In an unspoken story of survival,...
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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the Seal Teams to the Bin Laden RaidTHE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER No Ordinary Dog is the powerful true story of a SEAL Team Operator and military dog handler, and the dog that saved his life. Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission,...
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No One Told Sandra Day O'Connor What to Do: The First Woman to Serve on the United States Supreme CourtThis engaging biography chronicles the life of Sandra Day O'Connor, from her early Arizona childhood up through the many obstacles she faced in her professional career before becoming the first woman named to the United States Supreme Court. On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day...
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No Less Strange or Wonderful: EssaysCelebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene's No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant and generous meditation--on the complex wonder of being alive, on how to pay attention to even the tiniest (sometimes strangest) details that glitter with insight, whimsy, and deep humanity,...
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Near-Death ExperiencesNear-death experiences (NDEs) are endlessly fascinating for those who long for Heaven or are just curious about the things we cannot see (yet). Lost in all the discussion of NDEs, however, is their long, rich history. Saints and mystics have been visiting Heaven for...
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My Childhood in Pieces: A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie ElegyFrom the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age. "My grandparents taught me to write my sins on...
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MuybridgeHow do you capture a changing world in the blink of an eye? Sacramento, California, 1870. Pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge becomesentangled in railroad robber baron Leland Stanford's delusions of grandeur. Tasked withproving Stanford's belief that a horse's hooves do not touch the ground while...
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Mission Driven: The Path to a Life of PurposeFormer Navy SEAL commander, White House Fellow, and nonprofit and business leader Mike Hayes offers an inspiring playbook for understanding and achieving your most rewarding and purposeful life. Mission Driven offers a practical guide for transition points: young people, recent graduates, professionals shifting to...
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Mein Kampf - The Official 1939 Edition Murphy Translation"The great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one." Adolf Hitler The officially sanctioned English language edition of 'Mein Kampf' was translated and introduced by James Murphy. The edition using his translation was...
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Mein KampfMein Kampf is one of the most widely known and heavily quoted books of all time. It demonstrates both Hitler's ability to persuade and his ability to instill a sense of heroic destiny. When most people hear the title, Mein Kampf, their first reaction...
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Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America#1 New York Times BestsellerNAACP Image Award WinnerFrom Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her husband's assassination in the driveway...
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McNamara at War: A New HistoryRobert S. McNamara was widely considered to be one of the most brilliant men of his generation. He was an invaluable ally of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as U.S. secretary of defense, and he had a deeply moving relationship with...
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