Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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A'Ja WilsonLearn more about hard-working, awe-inspiring, record-breaking athletes in these profiles packed with action photos and fact-filled text suitable for young readers. Complete with overviews of the athletes' upbringings, the accomplishments and statistics that make them special, and how they continue to be heroes off...
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The Story of Anne Frank: An Inspiring Biography for Young ReadersDiscover the life of Anne Frank--a story about staying hopeful for kids ages 6 to 9 Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who lived during World War II, when people like her were killed just for being Jewish. Anne and her family were...
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The Negro Travelers' Green Book: 1954 Facsimile EditionIn the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve them. Victor Hugo Green published the first annual volume...
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Stories Our Scars Tell: Hope, Healing, and Honesty about the Wounds We CarryAuthor: Brittany TinsleyPublisher: ACU Press/Leafwood PublishersPublished: 09/09/2025Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.21h x 5.62w x 0.58dISBN: 9781684261932About the AuthorBrittany Tinsley is a writer and speaker who shares her own story of self-injury to offer hope to others. Most recently, Brittany coauthored a chapter in...
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Inventions of the USAMeet brilliant American inventors and discover their marvelous inventions by means of the special see-through-page format. Be inspired to think up your own!Author: Carron BrownPublisher: Kane/Miller Book PublishersPublished: 03/01/2023Pages: 36Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 10.30h x 10.30w x 0.40dISBN: 9781684645176Audience: Ages 4-8
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A Grand Slam for God: A Journey from Baseball Star to Catholic PriestBurke Masters had the perfect game plan for his life: he was going to become a Major League Baseball player. As a star infielder for Mississippi State with a game-winning grand slam to help his team reach the College World Series, he was well...
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Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the WorldTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!A New York Times Book Review Editor's Pick"Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it's worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the playing field: paid parental...
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Alone in WonderlandWinner of the Indie National Excellence Award for Nonfiction Category and the Book Excellence Awards for Adventure Non-Fiction.Foreword Indies Honorable Mention and Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite.Christine discovered long distance backpacking while surfing the internet at work. She decided that day to attempt to...
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Seven Days of Shiva: Forty-six years of puppy loveCan an ordinary life be extraordinary? It depends on the lens through which one views. In the case of Marc Gellman, that lens is Shiva Eyes, and the life is the one he describes in his powerful and unforgettable memoir. It's a heartfelt engaging...
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Ian Baker-Finch: To Hell and BackIan Baker-Finch: To Hell and Back is the first and only biography of one of the best-known names in golfing circles. Charting Ian Baker-Finch's story from his early golfing career through to his later success in media, it has been written with Ian's full...
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Child of St KildaNorman John Gillies was one of the last children ever born on St Kilda, five years before the whole population was evacuated forever to the British mainland. People had lived on these islands for over four thousand years, developing a thriving, tightly-knit society that...
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The War Path: Hitler's Germany 1933-1939: Hitler's Germany 1933-1939From the third of February 1933, when he told his generals in the secret of his ultimate ambition to invade and conquer the East, to the third of September 1939, when he left the Berlin Chancellery for the Polish front, Adolf Hitler had one...
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Vietnam Nurse: Mending & RememberingAuthor: Lou EisenbrandtPublisher: Vietnam NursePublished: 05/26/2015Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.43dISBN: 9781941165683
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The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye MontagueNSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2019 SelectionNSTA Best STEM Trade Books for Students K-12 2019 Selection2019 Amelia Bloomer List Selection2019 Mathical Honor Book Meet Raye Montague - a "hidden figure" who made waves in the U.S. Navy! After touring a German submarine in the...
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The Butterfly CageA tender and perspective-shifting book that offers a rare level of understanding about the subtle and and no-so-subtle layers of internalized oppression and deep feelings and dilemmas of Deaf people, written by former Deaf teacher Rachel Zemach.This mesmerizing, funny, and disruptive narrative invites you...
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Grief... A ComedyA joyful, moving, compulsively readable story about true love, loss and the unexpected surprises that life (and the afterlife) can throw our way. Grief... A Comedy is the follow up to Larkin's hit solo show, that critics called "Outstandingly uplifting." SCOTTISH FIELD"Leaves you believing...
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After the Fall: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've MadeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Vital reading for Americans and people anywhere who seek to understand what is happening 'after the fall' of the global system created by the United States" (New York Journal of Books), from the former White House aide, close confidant...
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The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir: Adapted for Young AdultsAdapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates. As a child, Ta-Nehisi...
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The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth Century JapanJapan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the moment, having no interest in the future and disdain for...
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No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza StripSurvival, Resilience, and Hope: Life Stories from the Gaza StripNo Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip by Brian K. Barber is an extraordinary memoir that offers an in-depth look at the personal experiences of three Palestinian families living...
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