Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Corgi and the QueenSelected as one of VOGUE Magazine's Best Gifts For Kids! Even a monarch needs a best friend and Queen Elizabeth II found one in a corgi pup she named Susan. From princesshood to queendom the pair forged an unbreakable bond, with Susan even participating...
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The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of EgyptThe definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One of history's most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But few today realize that she was the last in a long line of Egyptian...
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The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across MovementsINTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG READERS TO ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S MOST COURAGEOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS, YURI KOCHIYAMA (1921 -- 2014).Debut children's picture book author Kai Naima Williams -- great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama -- intimately chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories,...
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul ErdosMost people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number...
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The Blackwater Fire and the Men Who Fought It: How Firefighters Turned Tragedy into New BeginningsAt 3:30 p.m. on August 21, 1937, the Blackwater Fire "blew up" west of Cody, Wyoming, on the Shoshone National Forest. Fifteen firefighters perish in the conflagration and more than forty are injured. Travel back in time to the horse and mule days of...
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The Bird Singers: How Two Boys Discovered the Magic of Birdsong"A mesmerizing tale like no other."--Priyanka Kumar, author of Conversations with Birds "A beautiful book. The writing about birds--their songs and sounds, what birds mean to us, the wonder and joy they evoke in us--is among the most original, insightful, and enjoyable I've read."--James...
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The Big SmokeA suite of poems examining the myth and history of the legendary prizefighter Jack Johnson--a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--from the author, with Youssef Daoudi, of the graphic novel Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle...
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The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived." -Sasha VelourThis book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an...
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The Apprenticeship That Saved My Life: Guidebook to Navigating the Earn-While-You-Learn Opportunity of a Lifetime"I realized that learning a trade was more than just mastering a skill-it was about gaining control over my future." How an Apprenticeship Saved My Life tells the inspiring story of one man's journey from Baltimore's tough streets to a life of purpose, stability,...
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Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in VerseOne of Electric Literature's Best Nonfiction Books of 2024. One of them.'s Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024. A finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction."This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is a performer in...
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Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of StoryA doctor's powerful meditation on what his patients taught him, and what they can teach us about listening, healing, and public health. For over three decades, Dr. Dean-David Schillinger has served in one of the country's busiest and most important public hospitals. A public...
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Ted Williams: The Biography of an American HeroThe Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend - and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? Still...
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Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial EqualityThe New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. When President Theodore Roosevelt welcomed the country's most visible Black man, Booker...
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Teacher ManFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice. Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto...
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Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Life of Russia's Greatest ComposerA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky--composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music "A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th century's most important musical figures."--Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal Tchaikovsky is famous for all...
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TapestryEach story unfolds the unique journey of these sisters, revealing the challenges they faced, the lessons they learned, and the transformative power of their collective experiences. From moments of vulnerability to acts of courage, their stories resonate with the universal themes of struggle and...
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Tales from the Bottle: My Journey as a Sober Black MomUnveiling the Hidden Struggles of Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Through Addiction, Triumph & Laughter. An Empathetic Tale of Friendship, Love, and Overcoming Life's Hurdles.Tales from the Bottle is a riveting memoir from Donna, a resilient woman of color who has balanced her life...
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Superheroes Are EverywhereFrom Vice President Kamala Harris comes a picture book with an empowering message: Superheroes are all around us--and if we try, we can all be heroes too. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Before Kamala Harris was elected to the vice presidency and named...
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Sully: The Epic Life & Football Legend of Coach Bob SullivanBob Sullivan coached Minnesota high school and college football for an astonishing sixty years. At the prep level, he won conference championships and state titles. He is the winningest coach in Carleton College football history. He is a member of multiple halls of fame,...
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Strangers and Neighbors: What I Have Learned about Christianity by Living Among Orthodox JewsThe compelling, insightful, and challenging memoir of a Christian woman's exploration of her faith while living in community with strictly Orthodox Jews. As Maria Johnson explains: "I knew that Christianity is rooted deep in Judaism, but living in daily contact with a vital and...
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