Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Process: The Writing Lives of Great AuthorsErnest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. In Process, acclaimed journalist Sarah Stodola examines the creative methods of literature's most transformative figures. Each chapter contains a mini biography of one of the world's most lauded authors, focused solely...
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Sir John Moore: The Making of a Controversial HeroSir John Moore is perhaps the second most famous British soldier of the Napoleonic Wars after the Duke of Wellington, yet his remarkable career has been neglected in comparison to his celebrated contemporary. His death in battle at Corunna overshadows the wide range of...
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Ernest Hemingway & Gary Cooper in Idaho: An Enduring FriendshipIn the autumn of 1940, two icons of American culture met in Sun Valley, Idaho--writer Ernest Hemingway and actor Gary Cooper. Although Hem was known as brash, larger-than-life and hard-drinking and Coop as courteous, non-confrontational and taciturn, the two became good friends. And though...
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Kelly Tough: Live Courageously by FaithDo not let the title Kelly Tough fool you. This is not a "be all you can be, no pain-no gain" story. Toughness is overrated. And being Kelly Tough, well, you are about to find out what that really means and why it just...
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Battle Ready: Memoir of a Navy Seal Warrior MedicThe gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. Donald, Battle Ready. As A SEAL and combat medic, Mark served his country with valorous distinction for almost twenty-five years and survived some of the most...
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Doreen Valiente WitchA personal biographical account of the life of Doreen Valiente, described by Professor Ronald Hutton as "the greatest single female figure in the modern British history of witchcraft". Author Philip Heselton draws on first hand testimony and Doreen's own personal papers to reveal previously...
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Cranky Ladies of HistoryWarriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most memorable historical figures were outspoken, dramatic, brave, feisty, rebellious and downright ornery. Cranky Ladies of History is a celebration of...
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Always for Judy: Witness to the Joy and Genius of Judy GarlandTo understand a person we have to look at their parents and background. In Judy Garland's case vaudeville, and her early years in Grand Rapids and Lancaster are examined because these are the formative years of a child's life. Author, Joan Beck Coulson uses...
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Loves God, Likes Girls: A MemoirFor many Christians who experience same-sex attraction, reconciling faith and homosexuality is a lonely and painful journey. "LOVES GOD, LIKES GIRLS--A MEMOIR" is one woman's recollection of her journey, allowing faith to plunge her into deeper discovery of the truth about her sexuality.Author: Sally...
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Man-Hunters of the Old West, Volume 2Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times had to employ tactics as ruthless as their prey. In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies...
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I Shock Myself: Beatrice Wood, Career Woman of ArtIn her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. Rebellious, radical, and romantic, Wood (1893-1998) defied propriety to become a true national, and international, treasure. Her absorbing autobiography includes...
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Samuel Adams: Patriot and StatesmanTells the life story of American patriot Samuel Adams and his role in the events that led to the Revolutionary War. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Matt DoedenPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 09/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.28h x 6.62w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736896641Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level:...
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George Washington: Leading a New NationA biography telling the life story of George Washington, the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Matt DoedenPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.90w x...
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Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, HereticThe first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life Walter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He...
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Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage NegotiatorThe FBI's chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix. "Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the...
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On the Road with Janis JoplinOne of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, John Byrne Cooke helped run the Janis Joplin show--and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur...
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The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of AfghanistanThe never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliest A single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--arrived in eastern Afghanistan in...
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American Sniper [Movie Tie-In Edition]: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military HistoryThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper...
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Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust's Hidden Child SurvivorsEdgar Award-winning mystery novelist R. D. Rosen tells the story of the hidden children who survived the Holocaust through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survive World War II--who...
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Judy BlumeThis title will introduce readers to the life and works of Judy Blume, including Superfudge and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Complete with great photographs and a timeline! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an...
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