Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Split ToothLonglisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller PrizeShortlisted for the 2019 Amazon First Novel AwardShortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeWinner of the 2019 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Prose in EnglishWinner of the 2018 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design -...
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Special Operations MindsetHow much better would your world be if you deliberately trained and developed your Confidence, Competence, Discipline, Motivation, Intensity & Mental Toughness like an elite member of the Special Operations community?Whether fighting the war against terrorism or applying their mentality and leadership principles in...
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Soccer Rules the WorldIn Soccer Rules the World, discover how soccer became the most popular game it is today, boasting a mind-blowing 3.5 billion fans worldwide!"A good choice for reluctant readers, this eye-catching offering should delight soccer fans and incite interest from the uninitiated."--Booklist From Lionel Messi's...
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Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis BrailleAn inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille--a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.**Winner of a Schneider Family Book Award!** Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to...
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Sing Backwards and Weep: A MemoirThis gritty bestselling memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and Soulsavers documents his years as a singer and drug addict in Seattle in the '80s and '90s. When Mark Lanegan first arrived in Seattle in the...
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Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and ObservationsA love letter to the small shop, and shop owners everywhere, by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. "There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette, and customs. For the most part, it is an oral history, passed along, person to person. You...
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Scrappy Little NobodyThe New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect. Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect,...
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Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: Staying True to Myself from the Pews to the StageGrammy-winning singer-songwriter, keyboardist for the mega pop band Maroon 5, and founder of Morton Records, PJ Morton details the inspiring journey that led to his unique sound and urges readers to follow their own dreams. The son of pastors and gospel artists, PJ Morton...
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes"An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team . . . until the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb...
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River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage Through the AmazonWith a new introduction, the acclaimed author of Conquistador and Labyrinth of Ice charts one of history's greatest adventures of discovery, a legendary 16th-century explorer's death-defying navigation of the Amazon, river of darkness and pathway to gold--the first complete exploration of the world's largest...
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Rise Above: A 90-Day DevotionalIn Rise Above, a book of devotions, teen surfing star Bethany Hamilton shares with young girls her courage and enthusiasm for God, inspiring them to face life head on and stand strong in their faith.Author: Bethany HamiltonPublisher: ZonderkidzPublished: 05/06/2014Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.40h...
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Randy Travis: Storms of LifeRandy Travis's 1986 breakthrough put him at the forefront of Nashville's new traditionalist sound and, in the words of Garth Brooks, saved country music. The singer's warm baritone and all-time classic songs like "Forever and Ever, Amen" landed him atop the charts sixteen times....
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Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith HaringSOON TO BE A TV SERIES WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ANDREW HAIGHNew York Times Book Critics Favorite Book of the Year - Washington Post Notable Book of the Year"It's all here: the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the...
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Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun DanceIn September of 2022, twenty-five years after Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents, the DNC unanimously passed a resolution urging President Joe Biden to release him. Peltier has affirmed his innocence ever since his sentencing in 1977--his...
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Pinch Me: Waking Up in a 300-Year-Old Italian FarmhouseFor fans of Stanley Tucci and Frances Mayes, Barbara Boyle's story of leaving her California home to restore an old stone farmhouse in Italy's Piedmont--only to fall in love with the food and people of her enchanting new town--will delight and inspire. An updated...
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Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call VeterinarianOne of Washington Post's 5 "Feel-Good Books" of Summer 2024 New York City's premier "house call veterinarian" takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just...
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Perpich: A Minnesota OriginalThe story of Minnesota's longest-serving governor and his role in propelling the state to the global stage, woven together from interviews with influential civic leaders.Rudy Perpich was one of a kind. As Minnesota's longest-serving governor, he built bridges where others saw impassible divides: between...
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Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on ManhoodNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[A] scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. Joseph's critiques of "the patriarchy... both overt and ingrained" are razor-sharp, but it's the clear-eyed reckoning of his own place within it that tethers the soul of his book." --Publishers Weekly"Joseph has learned a great...
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Out Where the West Begins: Profiles, Visions, and Strategies of Early Western Business LeadersBetween 1800 and 1920, an extraordinary cast of bold innovators and entrepreneurs--individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J. P. Morgan, and Buffalo Bill Cody--helped lay the groundwork for what we now call...
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Outside the Lines: A MemoirA Tale of Love and Complexity Outside the Lines is the poignant and intricate story of a secret love affair between two women set in the 1980s. Maddie, a photojournalist from an aristocratic New England family, is ten years older, married, and has two...
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