Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping WaiterWarning: May contain material offensive to vegans, pharmaceutical lobbyists, and those on a low-sodium diet. Animals were harmed during the writing of this book.While Phoebe Damrosch was waiting for life to happen, she supported herself by working as a waitress. Before long she was...
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Serendipity: It Doesn't Happen by AccidentHow do breakthroughs really happen?Why do some people, places, and organisations generate transformative ideas - while others, with the same resources, fall short?In Serendipity: It Doesn't Happen by Accident, David Cleevely - telecoms pioneer, deep tech investor, and one of the architects of the...
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Selected Non-FictionsWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism The first comprehensive selection in any language of the non-fiction--much of it appearing here in English for the first time--of "one of literature's most fertile and original minds" (San Francisco Chronicle) A Penguin Classics...
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Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar"Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar." --The EconomistAdam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and...
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See Inside the Ancient WorldA fascinating flap book with fabulously detailed illustrations and information about peoples of the Ancient World, including the Ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks. Lift the flaps to look inside an Egyptian temple, an attack by the Assyrian army, a Greek city-state, a Celtic tribe,...
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See Inside CastlesA humorous yet historically accurate look at life in a thirteenth century medieval castle. Inventive embedded flaps on page allow children to explore the hidden world of the castle. Young readers are taken on an exciting journey in which they encounter a magnificent banquet,...
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Secret Agent Man: EssaysAward-winning author Margot Singer's memoir-in-essays, Secret Agent Man, is a powerful exploration of family history, memory, and the meaning of home. The daughter and granddaughter of European Jews displaced by the Holocaust, Singer probes the nature of time and history, obscurity and clarity, displacement...
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Scenes from My Life: A MemoirNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD - A "gripping, revelatory" (NPR) memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back--from the late iconic actor beloved for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and...
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Scar Tissue: A Tale of American ArmorScar Tissue follows the life of Judge Shannon Frison from the South Side of Chicago to the bench of the Massachusetts Superior Court, tracing the path of a Black lesbian Marine who moved through some of America's most rigid and exclusionary systems-military, legal, and...
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Scar Tissue: A Tale of American ArmorScar Tissue follows the life of Judge Shannon Frison from the South Side of Chicago to the bench of the Massachusetts Superior Court, tracing the path of a Black lesbian Marine who moved through some of America's most rigid and exclusionary systems-military, legal, and...
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San Francisco Homicide Inspector 5-Henry-7: My Inside Story of the Night Stalker, City Hall Murders, Zebra Killings, Chinatown Gang Wars, and a City UAfter the Summer of Love and the heyday of the Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s, San Francisco mutated over the next two decades into a city under siege by serial killers, radical under-ground extremists, antiestablishment groups, gangs, and drug wars. The rise in violence brought...
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Sally Ride: America's First Woman in SpaceThe definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite. Sally Ride made history as...
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Run the World Like a Girl: International Women LeadersGirls and women make up half the world's population, but there is a long way to go to see the same representation in politics. Today's girls can make that number grow! Run the World Like a Girl tells the inspirational stories of twelve girls...
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Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious, the Last Great American Pool HustlerFrom a popular senior writer for Sports Illustrated comes this high-stakes, boys-on-the-road story about the most unlikely of phenoms--a heavyset, bipolar, and endlessly charming pool hustler named Kid Delicious In most sports the pinnacle is Wheaties-box notoriety. But in the world of pool, notoriety...
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Roughing ItA marvelously vivid, many-sided portrait of America's frontier days. Mark Twain's rambling took him all over the American West during teh 1860's. He prospected for gold and silver, speculated on timber and mining stocks, sailed to Hawaii, and worked for a succession of small...
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Rough House: A MemoirTina Ontiveros was born into timber on both sides of the family. Her mother spent summers driving logging trucks for her family's operation, and her father was the son of an itinerant logger, raised in a variety of lumber towns, as Tina herself would...
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Roots and Rhythm: A Life in MusicA beautifully crafted memoir unveiling the ancestral, musical, and spiritual roots of Grammy Award-winning music producer Charlie Peacock. In this artful memoir, Grammy Award-winning music producer Charlie Peacock flexes his literary chops and gives readers the gritty backstage stories they crave: biographical anecdotes, geeky...
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Role ModelsRole Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious artistic minds of our time.From the incomparable John Waters, a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich--and happily horrify readers everywhere. Role Models is,...
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Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites"A luminous tribute befitting a brilliant trailblazer." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Ursula Marvin was a rock star in the field of geology at a time when it was nearly impossible for women to pursue careers in science. Discover her story in this nonfiction picture...
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Rock and Roll - Baby Biographies: A Baby's Introduction to the 24 Greatest Rock Bands of All Time!Prepare to rock 'n' roll with your little one as they get introduced to 24 of the greatest bands of all time!Let's face it, you and your kid are going to disagree about music at some point. Your favorite bands are dinosaurs, their favorite...
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