Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes"An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review The star of her school's running team, Sadako is lively and athletic...until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life--the race against...
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Runs in the Family: An Incredible True Story of Football, Fatherhood, and BelongingA revelatory examination of the choices we make as parents and children, explored through the true story of an adopted Black man on a journey to find his biological family and discover where and to whom he truly belongs. Runs in the Family follows...
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Recollections of Charles KirkIn this engaging memoir, Charles Kirk shares his memories of a life well-lived. From his childhood in rural America to his adventures as a young man traveling the world, Kirk's recollections are full of insight and humor. A fascinating read for anyone interested in...
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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist PunkAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini...
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Reality Check: Making the Best of the Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison2024 Nonfiction Book of the Year, Outstanding Creator Awards Winner, Outstanding Creator Awards Winner, Best Book Awards Addiction & Recovery Finalist, Best Book Awards Autobiography/Memoir Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino gives fans the inside scoop they've been begging for with his explosive tell-all. In this...
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Reading the Waves: A MemoirThe frank and revealing memoir of a writer who draws from her own creativity to heal. "I believe our bodies are carriers of experience," Lidia Yuknavitch writes in her provocative memoir Reading the Waves. "I mean to ask if there is a way to...
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Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National ParksFor twelve years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue...
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Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth about My FatherThe untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this "engrossing and absolutely terrifying read" (San Francisco Chronicle) traces one daughter's moving quest to understand the truth about her father, the serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards, while confronting cold cases, unsolved murders,...
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Rain of GoldRain of Gold is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny that pulses with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the days of Prohibition in California. It all began when Villase or's maternal grandmother sat him...
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Putin vs. Zelensky: The Russo-Ukrainian War: Why It's Happening and How It All Got StartedEverything you needed to know about the war between Russia and Ukraine as told by children's nonfiction author Ben Thompson (Guts & Glory series). Conversational and straightforward, this is a must-read for any reader looking to have a better understanding of the current global...
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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the AfterlifeThe #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience--for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly...
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Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic MasterpiecePlato is one of history's most influential thinkers, the "sublime philosopher" whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his teacher, Socrates, discussing ethical truths with prominent citizens of Athens. Yet the image we...
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Phoenix Revival: The Aftermath of Naval Aviation's Fastest EjectionOn January 15, 2014, LT Kegan "SMURF" Gill nearly lost his life in the fastest survived ejection in naval aviation history. He's spent every day since fighting to reclaim his mental, physical, and spiritual health-and now, he's encouraging other veterans to join the fight...
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Patrick MahomesLearn about inspiring story of Patrick Mahomes! The legendary American footballer and MVP who grew up dreaming of being a baseball player. Little Patrick grew up in Texas. His dad was a legendary baseball player and he dreamt of following in his footsteps. As...
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Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of ImpressionismFrom the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the "Terrible Year" by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans--then imperiled again as radical republicans established a breakaway Commune, ultimately crushed by the...
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Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost ContinentBest-selling novelist and art historian Iain Pears enchants readers with the real-life romance between Larissa Salmina, a Russian art curator, and Francis Haskell, a British art historian. His fabulous book brings into sharp focus the strange world of the Soviet Union, and the even...
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Outside in and the Inside Out: A Story about Arnold LobelA thoughtful and whimsical picture book about Arnold Lobel, award-winning creator of Frog and Toad. Arnold Lobel was many things: a quiet observer, an avid reader, and the kind of man who kept a gorilla suit in his closet, just in case. Above all...
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Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken GenerationTwo of Russia's most prominent investigative journalists tell the "gripping" (Foreign Policy) story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s was replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayal Our Dear Friends in Moscow tells the story of a group...
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One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan OdysseyWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of when Dick Proenneke first broke ground and made his mark in the Alaskan wilds in 1968, this bestselling memoir features an all-new foreword by Nick Offerman plus color photographs not seen in...
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On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service#1 New York Times Bestseller The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents "An eventful autobiography [and] a classic...
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