Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Maria Montessori*Celebrate Italian Heritage Read (New York Public Library)* In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Maria Montessori, the pioneering teacher and researcher. Maria grew up in Italy at a time when girls...
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Post-Man: Essays on Being a Neurodivergent Non-Binary PersonIntimate confessionals on contemporary masculinity and neurodivergence from a non-binary perspectiveIn this divisive moment in the history of gender politics, Alex Manley navigates life as a neurodivergent non-binary person and explores their dislocations from the norm.Post-Man delves into the ways in which Manley has...
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For My LegionariesFor My Legionaries is the passionate autobiography of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, a Romanian patriot from the early 20th Century who founded the Legion of Michael the Archangel, also known as The Iron Guard. This unprecedented movement saw itself as a crusade in the modern...
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Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug HunterBack in 1881, when Evelyn Cheesman was born, English girls were expected to be clean and dressed in frilly dresses. But Evelyn crawled in dirt and collected glow worms in jars. When girls grew up they were expected to marry and look after children....
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When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent my Time in Hell: A memoir of my year as an Army Nurse in VietnamWhen she was 18, Barbara Hesselman joined the Army to finance her nursing education. A little more than four years later, and with less than six months of nursing experience, she was assigned to the 24th Evacuation Hospital in South Vietnam. On the neurosurgical...
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Wayfinding: A MemoirThroughout her life, Renee Gilmore has been in love with the open road. Her passion for exploration has taken her across all seven continents-but the real journey has been much more personal. In Wayfinding, she confronts the impetus behind her wanderlust: a lifetime shaped...
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Good Morning, Hope: A True Story of Refugee Twin Sisters and Their Triumph over War, Poverty, and Heartbreak"Readers will be fascinated. . . . A haunting reminder of how precious democracy is."--Kirkus ReviewsThe inspiring true story of the Zalli family, forced to rebuild their lives in a new, uncertain landBorn in poverty-stricken Albania, twin sisters Argita and Detina Zalli always dreamed...
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Baltic Souls: Remarkable Life Stories from Estonia, Latvia, and LithuaniaA monumental journey through Baltic history and culture, in which we encounter well-known personalities and forgotten ones, and a disconcerting picture of Europe in the twentieth century. From 1999 to 2010, Jan Brokken explored life stories in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The result was...
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Tex Simone: The Man Who Saved Baseball in SyracuseTex Simone: The Man Who Saved Baseball in Syracuse tells the unforgettable story of a local legend whose love for baseball brought the community together. From humble beginnings, Tex Simone's life journey led him to become a cornerstone of the Syracuse Chiefs, tirelessly working...
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Going to Maine: All the Ways to Fall on the Appalachian TrailFrom comedian Sally Chaffin Brooks comes a memoir about the thing she can't seem to shut up about-- her life changing thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. 25-year-old Sally has no reason to upend her comfortable, conventional life to spend 5 months hiking the Appalachian...
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The Best We Could: Healing from Intergenerational TraumaAn indomitable human spirit ... is it something with which one is born? Or does one learn not to survive, but to thrive? In this "memoir of becoming well," Ellyn Mantell shares her profound journey of healing from childhood trauma. Raised by parents whose...
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WillThe instant #1 New York Times bestseller! "It's the best memoir I've ever read." --Oprah Winfrey "Will Smith isn't holding back in his bravely inspiring new memoir . . . An ultimately heartwarming read, Will provides a humane glimpse of the man behind the...
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An Incredible Journey: From East Prussia, via Shanghai and Colombia to New York A Jewish Family History 1929 to 2017I dedicate this book to my son Leslie, because he agreed to travel with me to Shanghai, Bogota, and my birthplace Gumbinnen, otherwise this book would never have been written. Now he knows my background, and he can answer any questions his children and...
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Meet Caitlin Clark: Basketball SuperstarCaitlin Clark has gotten more buzz than any other female basketball player in history. And for good reason. In 2024, the starting guard for the Indiana Fever scored more points than any other college women's player had ever scored in a season and led...
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof: A Short Cut to The World History of The NegroIn this book, you'll find a collection of Joel Augustus Rogers' newspaper columns from a series called "Your History." Think of it like a version of Ripley's "Believe It or Not." In each episode, there are many short stories based on Rogers' research.Author: J....
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Made From Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe"All you have is all you need," is the life lesson entrepreneur Mignon François learned as she turned the $5 she had to feed her family dinner for the week into a multi-million-dollar bakery brand. With no experience and no recipe for success, or...
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Wayne Ngan, Island Potter: A Portrait by a FriendWhen Ngan Gui Wang arrived in Canada at age thirteen to live with his unwelcoming grandfather, he was poor, illiterate, and bereft of his family in China. In school, he faced racist taunts and saw little hope for a future until his junior high...
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Caitlin ClarkWho inspires you? Learn more about hard-working and award-winning actors, singers, and athletes in these profiles filled with photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. Complete with overviews of the superstars' upbringings, accomplishments, and statistics that make them inspiring, this series of short...
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I'll Remember for You: A Daughter's Journey with her Mom Through DementiaCaregiving is a solo journey lived among thousands of others who are walking a similar road. Each journey is unique because each relationship between caregiver and the one needing the care is one of a kind. The roots go down deep and hold all...
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How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon's Guide to Rebuilding After ReligionWhere will you go? After more than 20 years of devotion to the Mormon church, Alyssa Grenfell decided it was time to find out. Join her in a journey of faith deconstruction with this definitive manual to rebuilding after Mormonism.Consider this the last church...
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