Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Selected Works of Edward Said, 1966 - 2006The renowned literary and cultural critic Edward Said was one of our era's most provocative and important thinkers. This comprehensive collection of his work draws from across his entire four-decade career, including his posthumously published books, making it a definitive one-volume source. "Said is...
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Theodore RexNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension."--San Francisco Chronicle WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY - "[Theodore Rex] is one...
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The Mile High Club: Confessions of a Private Jet Flight AttendantAs Seen in The New York Post Enter the parallel universe of the private jet industry where the rich, famous, and morally bankrupt show their true colors. Delve into a world devoid of limitations while your delightfully unhinged narrator relates her true stories as...
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The Met Claude Monet: He Saw the World in Brilliant LightSee how iconic artists like Claude Monet were influenced by their environments in this beautiful series produced in collaboration with The Met. See the world through Claude Monet's' eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your...
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The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets, Spycraft and Gaia Theory"Utterly fascinating--a beautifully braided account of the life of a maverick, prophetic genius."--Robert MacFarlane Based on in-depth interviews with James Lovelock and unprecedented access to his personal archive, The Many Lives of James Lovelock is a definitive, revelatory biography of a fascinating, sometimes contradictory...
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The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American SuperpowerA thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history."This is hands-down the most deeply researched, sensitive, intimate, and nuanced portrait of Eisenhower."...
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The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted ConvictThe earliest known prison memoir by an African American writer--recently discovered and authenticated by a team of Yale scholars--sheds light on the longstanding connection between race and incarceration in America."[A] harrowing [portrait] of life behind bars . . . part confession, part jeremiad, part...
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The Last Children of Mill CreekVivian Gibson's bestselling memoir of growing up in the 1950s in a segregated St. Louis neighborhood has been hailed by critics as a spare, elegant jewel of a work and a love letter to Gibson's childhood.Vivian Gibson grew up in Mill Creek Valley, a...
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The King of Orchard StreetThe King of Orchard Street is a tale told by six men, including the author, over three generations and across the decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Their stories recreate a world that was bound by a simple yet profound code of family,...
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The Jamaican Rude Bwoy Teacher Memoirs: Memorable momentsTwo weeks after his illegal nightclub-frequented by American and Jamaican gangsters-was raided by the police, Brady found himself standing in front of a class of seventh graders, who questioned whether he was a teacher or a gangster... It was his first teaching job, and...
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The Forest Keeper-The True Story of Jadav PayengTrees don't grow on sandbars . . . but a boy from India grew a forest. What can one person do in the face of global environmental degradation? Indian Jadav Payeng has proven that each and every one of us can make a difference....
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The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, MississippiBestselling travel writer Richard Grant "sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River through the eyes of a cast of eccentric and unexpected characters" (Newsweek). Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in...
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The Character of Meriwether Lewis: Explorer in the WildernessMeriwether Lewis commanded the most important exploration mission in the early history of the United States. Clay S. Jenkinson takes a fresh look at Lewis, not to offer a paper cutout hero but to describe and explain a hyperserious young man of great complexity...
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The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau MarmontThe definitive--and salacious--history of the iconic hotel that Hollywood stars have called a home away from home for almost a century. "Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight.... This is the definitive book about Hollywood's most storied hotel." --Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild Since...
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey TeamThe true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history--with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice "An unvarnished and captivating...
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That's How the Light Got InEvery person has a calling from deep within, if they listen. Every person must live their own hero's journey if they are to fulfill it. Anne Merriman's life shines a beacon of light on how everyone can walk their own true path. Born and...
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Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to SayNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A story-driven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place "Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with...
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Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood"When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah...
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Taking My Life Back: My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing"It is impossible to remain unmoved by Gregory's emotional, open memoir of surviving the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. . . . This is a truly feel-good book that doesn't stint on the challenges that life throws at us."--Publishers Weekly, starred review*****On April 15,...
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Still, I Will Sing!: A Journey of Hope and HealingLife is filled with moments of joy and sorrow, triumph and heartache. In Still, I Will Sing! Scott Folsom invites readers to walk with him through his extraordinary journey of faith, resilience, and purpose. From the blessings of a rich spiritual legacy to the...
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