Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Starting in the Middle: How Horses, Those Who Study Them, and 265 Minutes with One Colt Helped Me Find Myself at MidlifeAn extraordinary follow-up to the bestselling memoir In the Middle Are the Horsemen.He thought he had it made. Dream farm. Amazing wife. Wonderful kids. Clear and present purpose.Horses.But then he began to wonder if he was doing it all right enough...if maybe he'd been...
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Souvenirs from an Absurd Life: A MemoirOne man's unlikely rise from bartender to national television reporter and the incredible adventures he's had along the way. Hockey great Wayne Gretzky famously noted, "You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take." Don Dahler took these words to heart, causing...
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Soft as Bones: A MemoirA poetic memoir as intricately woven as a dreamcatcher about overcoming the pain of generational trauma with the power of traditional healing. In her deeply affecting memoir, Soft as Bones, Chyana Marie Sage shares the pain of growing up with her father: a crack...
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Snowflake Bentley: A Caldecott Award WinnerIn this Caldecott Medal-winning picture book, the true story of Wilson Bentley and his singular fascination with snowflakes is rendered in rich prose and gorgeous artwork, perfect for the holidays, snow days, and everyday.Wilson Bentley was always fascinated by snow. In childhood and adulthood,...
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Smelly KidFROM THE GRIM REALITIES OF A POVERTY-STRICKEN CHILDHOOD in Dublin's inner city to an unexpected rise to fame, Smelly Kid is the raw and gripping memoir of Andy Lee. Abandoned by his father, orphaned by twelve, and left to navigate a world that seemed...
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Slacker: 1991, Teen Spirit Angst, and the Generation It CreatedGrunge music took the world by storm in 1991. Its roots go long before that and its impact spread long after. The social movement, the cultural effects, the psychology behind why the world responded in such a big way to the gritty sound and...
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sincerely, your friendOver the last eight years, Bailey McManus has kept in touch with over 200 men in prison. Sincerely, Your Friend; Letters from My Incarcerated Pen Pals gives readers a window into the hearts and lives of people incarcerated across the United States. Both personal...
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Simone Biles: Gymnastics Legend: Gymnastics LegendFrom an early age, Simone Biles overcame barriers to become the most successful gymnast in World Championships history. She has dominated the sport, winning 27 gold medals in Olympic and World competitions. Biles has also been a voice of change in the way mental...
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Shelter and Storm: At Home in the DriftlessLiving mindfully with nature during a time of uncertainty In the midst of the environmental crises of the early twenty-first century, Tamara Dean sought a way to live lightly on the planet. Her quest drew her to a landscape unlike any other: the Driftless...
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Sani' Ol-Molk's the Thousand and One Nights: A Study of Image Content and Visual AdaptationThis book examines The Thousand and One Nights by Abol-Hassan Khan Sani' ol-Molk Ghaffari (1813/1814-1867), of the content of the illustrations of the main story, the story of Shahrzad and Shahrbaz, as well as a codicological study of the manuscript. It intends to explain...
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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, told through the eyes of a Black man on a journey to find his biological family and discover where and to whom he truly belongs. Based on Sarah Spain's viral ESPN article....
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RidingIn Riding, Pardis Mahdavi meditates on the lessons learned over a lifetime of horseback riding and the falling, failing, and joy it brings. At once a history of Caspian horses, an exploration of Mahdavi's Iranian-American identity and family history, and a consideration of the...
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Reservations for Nine: A Doctor's Family Confronts CancerThe book is a combined memoir and medical saga of one large family's multi-year battle with cancer, with a victory and a tragedy. Although it describes the unusual circumstance of a family in which a physician father and a son were stricken by advanced-stage,...
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Rescuing Penny Jane: One Shelter Volunteer, Countless Dogs, and the Quest to Find Them All HomesWhat shelter dogs need is obvious--a home. But how do we find all those homes? That question sends bestselling writer and lifelong dog lover Amy Sutherland on a quest to find the answers in her own volunteer work and beyond. The result is an...
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Reflecting at Age 92REFLECTING AT AGE 92 is a description of my life and the environment I grew up in. I transitioned from my upbringing into academia, embarking on a research journey at Yale University. Subsequently, at Stanford University, my focus was on teaching, researching genetics, and...
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Rebel Writers: The Genius Behind the PenWhat if the secret to unlocking your creativity lies in the footsteps of literary legends? One writer embarks on a transformative journey, visiting the homes of iconic authors in search of inspiration. What she uncovers is more than a spark-it's a profound connection to...
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Rebel Angel: The Life and Times of Annemarie SchwarzenbachAnnemarie Schwarzenbach was one of the twentieth century's most remarkable women, possibly the greatest sexual and political radical of the 1930s. But until now she's been largely ignored. Born to a wealthy family in Switzerland, as a teenager she rebelled against her domineering pro-Nazi...
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Ranch Tales: Stories from the FrontierAn entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia. Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distinctive ranching culture in Western Canada over a hundred years ago. Now, in this concise...
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Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We HealNOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLER WINNER, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEFINALIST, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE "I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until...
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Prince CurlsAs first-time parents to a beautiful brown baby boy named Declan, who was born with a head full of hair, our family was surprised to find that there aren't many books encouraging young boys to grow and embrace their beautiful curly and coily hair....
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