Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Elizabeth I: Women Who Were KingsIn the third of the "Women Who Were Kings" series, we follow the life of one of England's most celebrated monarchs--Queen Elizabeth I. From her difficult early childhood and her struggle to ascend to a throne that would later see her as the progenitor...
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Wayfarer: A MemoirA moving memoir of a famed American family scion, including his love story with a famed American children's writer and global adventures in love, loss, and fortune. In this vividly wrought memoir, author James S. Rockefeller Jr. recalls the moments and milestones in his...
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Inside the Battle of AlgiersThis gripping insider's account chronicles how and why a young woman in 1950s Algiers joined the armed wing of Algeria's national liberation movement to combat her country's French occupiers. When the movement's leaders turned to Drif and her female colleagues to conduct attacks in...
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John AdamsThis biography introduces readers to John Adams including his early political career and key events from Adams's administration including the French Revolution the Alien and Sedition Acts. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and...
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Ansel Adams: A BiographyFirst published in 1996, Mary Street Alinder's biography of Ansel Adams remains the only full biography of one of the greatest American photographers. Alinder is a respected scholar, and also had a close connection to Adams, serving as his chief assistant in the last...
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A Cold July in Cuba: Recollections of My Father, the RevolutionaryYou Can't Run From Your Past, And You Can't Hide From It. Author Ray F. Ledon, M.D. didn't ask to have a seat at the heart of the Cuban revolution--that seat just happened to be at his kitchen table. Ramon Calixto Fernandez-Ledon, Dr. Ledon's...
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Hunt for Justice: The True Story of an Undercover Wildlife AgentNOW IN PAPERBACK! A true story that reads like a mystery.--Tony Hillerman "A suspenseful page-turner and a tale of true courage."--Ted Kerasote, author of Bloodties "Schroeder illuminates an unusual, insular world with unflinching grit."--Publishers Weekly For thirty years Lucinda Delaney Schroeder held an unusual...
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Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBATwo-time All-Star and thirteen-year NBA veteran Caron Butler has an impressive basketball record. He was Big East Co-Player of the Year at UConn, the 10th overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and a key player for the Dallas Mavericks in their championship-winning season...
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From Fatherless to FatherhoodAuthor and world renowned actor Omar Epps chronicles his journey from humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York, to the bright lights of Hollywood. Having grown up without his biological father, then becoming a father himself, Epps shares his story of pain and triumph in...
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The Grapevine Cross: The Story of St Nina of GeorgiaThe Grapevine Cross' is the story of St Nina of Georgia. As a young girl living in Israel, she was told about the country of Georgia and how the people there worshipped idols. As Nina grew, she prayed earnestly that God would send someone...
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Mad WomenFans of the show Mad Men are dying to know how accurate it is. Was there really that much sex at the office? Were there really three-martini lunches? Were women really second-class citizens? Jane Maas says the answer to all three questions is unequivocally...
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A Picture Book of George WashingtonThe life and legacy of our nation's first president, also known as commander of the Continental Army, husband to Martha, and an avid farmer and equestrian. Over two hundred years after his death, George Washington remains one of the most studied figures in American...
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The Confessions of Lady NijoIn about 1307 a remarkable woman in Japan sat down to complete the story of her life. The result was an autobiographical narrative, a tale of thirty-six years (1271-1306) in the life of Lady Nijo, starting when she became the concubine of a retired...
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: By Diogenes LaertiusEveryone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a wide variety of...
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The Princess Royal: From Princess Mary to Princess AnneAn engrossing account of the life of Princess Anne and how her role was shaped by the six women who served as Princess Royal before her. Ideal for readers of Gyles Brandreth, Ingrid Seward and Hugo Vickers. To understand what it is to be...
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Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the CenturyIn the spirit of Furious Love, a sweeping and heartbreaking Hollywood biography about the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, based on new research, including exclusive access to uncovered correspondence, interviews with their friends and family, and a groundbreaking exploration of...
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Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim CrowBaseball Hall of Famer Leroy Satchel Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction....
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Me: Elton John Official AutobiographyINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a...
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10 Dead Guys You Should Know: Standing on the Shoulders of GiantsTen fascinating bite-sized biographies of the Christians people expect you to know.While Christians have always prized the Bible as our ultimate authority in matters of faith and practice, we also recognize that the Christian life is an intergenerational and communal activity. This collection of...
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Grief's Country: A Memoir in PiecesGail Griffin had only been married for four months when her husband's body was found in the Manistee River, just a few yards from their cabin door. The terrain of memoir is full of stories of grief, though Grief's Country: A Memoir in Pieces...
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