Biography & Autobiography - General

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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raise...

Cokie Roberts

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes New York Times bestseller Founding Mothers, an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their fam...

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Published: Mar 2005

The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the...

Angus Roxburgh

Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the democracy many hoped for when the Soviet Union collapsed. Angus Roxburgh charts the dramatic fight for Russia's future under Vladimir Putin—ho...

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Published: May 2013

Bonnie and Clyde: The Lives Behind th...

Paul Schneider

The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who shot their way across Depression-era America, based on archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviewsThe daring movie revolutionized Hollywood—now the true story of B...

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Published: Mar 2010

Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasur...

Dani Shapiro

"Still Writing offers up a cornucopia of wisdom, insights, and practical lessons gleaned from Dani Shapiro's long experience as a celebrated writer and teacher of writing. The beneficiaries are beginning writers, veteran writers ...

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Published: Aug 2014

Beautiful Boy (Movie Tie-In Edition):...

David Sheff

#1 New York Times bestseller  With a new afterwordNow a Major Motion Picture Starring Steve Carell * Timothée Chalamet * Maura Tierney * and Amy Ryan “A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful mo...

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Published: Sep 2018

Little Failure: A Memoir

Gary Shteyngart

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR "SO FAR" BY TIME AND THE WASHINGTON POST • NAMED ONE OF KIRKUS REVIEWS' "NEW BOOKS DESTINED TO BECOME CLASSICS" • SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEAR'...

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Published: Oct 2014

Boys in the Trees: A Memoir

Carly Simon

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year!"Intelligent and captivating. Don't miss it." - People Magazine"One of the best celebrity memoirs of the year." -The Hollywood ReporterRock Star. Comp...

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Published: Nov 2016

Jackie Robinson and the Integration o...

Scott Simon

Biography/Sports 'An extraordinary book . . . invitingly written and brisk.' —Chicago Tribune 'Perhaps no one has ever told the tale [of Robinson's arrival in the major leagues] so well as [Simon] does in this...

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Published: Mar 2007

Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Nigel Slater

‘My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.’‘Toast...

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Published: Sep 2011

Almost Interesting

David Spade

A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade.David Spade is best known for his harsh "Hollywood" Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt an...

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Published: Apr 2016

Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot...

J. Randy Taraborrelli

Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively. But only this book provides a powerful and detailed look at the complex relationships shared between the three women who were...

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Published: Apr 2012

Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons...

Adriana Trigiani

"No one ever reads just one of Trigiani's wonderfully quirky tales. Once you pick up the first, you are hooked." —BookPageNew York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani shares a treasure trove of insight and guidance f...

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Published: Oct 2011

Niccolo's Smile: A Biography of Machi...

Maurizio Viroli

A vivid portrayal of the great Italian philosopher - now in paperbackIn Niccolò's Smile, Maurizio Viroli brings to life the fascinating writer who was the founder of modern political thought. Niccolò Machiavelli's works on the theor...

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Published: Jan 2002

Waitress: a memoir

Angel Woolery

Thirty years of hefting trays full of food, warming the muffins of strangers and dealing with cranky customers has brought this waitress to the edge. From ice machine shenanigans to children running amok, you'll experience the restaur...

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Published: Apr 2015

Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and...

Alvin York

October 8th, 1918―amid the last of the Allies attempts to the Germans, Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee, found himself and his platoon of only seventeen men trapped in the thick of heavy machine gun fire. Rather than retreating or c...

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Published: Oct 2018

The Giant Killer: American hero, merc...

David A. Yuzuk

Richard J. Flaherty's been called spook, assassin, dope smuggler, dwarf... but who was he really? At 4' 9" and 97 pounds, Richard J. Flaherty was the most unconventional man to ever serve in the U.S. military and needed a Congre...

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Published: May 2020

When Everybody Wore a Hat (Joanna Cot...

William Steig

This is the story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody w...

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Published: May 2005

Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang

In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmo...

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Published: Apr 2008

What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life

Tim Conway

Six-time Emmy Award-winning funny man Tim Conway, best known for his roles on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.In the annals of TV history...

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Published: May 2014

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at La...

Rita Golden Gelman

"I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities." —From the PrefaceTales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelm...

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Published: May 2002

Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife an...

Jean Sasson

A true story that few ever believed would come to light, GROWING UP BIN LADEN uncovers startling revelations and hidden secrets carefully guarded by the most wanted terrorist of our lifetime, Osama bin Laden. "I was not always th...

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Published: Dec 2010

Driving with Dead People

Monica Holloway

Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. With a father who drives his Ford pickup with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose h...

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Published: Mar 2008

Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of ...

Walter Payton

This sports autobiography chronicles the life on and off the field of Walter Payton the NFL leading rusher who died in 1999 from liver cancer. Payton's athletic success was matched by the kindness of his heart; he used his fame in po...

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Published: Sep 2001

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired  countless readers with the first three volumes of  her autobiography, one of the most remarkable  personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth  volume, The Heart of a Wom...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Last Coach: A Life of Paul 'Bear'...

Allen Barra

The explosive biography of the greatest college football coach in history.When Paul William 'Bear' Bryant died on January 26, 1983, it was the lead story on the all three networks' evening news. New York City newspapers reported his d...

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Published: Sep 2006

A Long Way Home

Saroo Brierley

As a little boy in India, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, from Australia, he found his way back. This is what happened in between.Born in a poor village in India, Saroo lived hand-to-mouth in a one room hu...

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Published: Jun 2015

Golda

Elinor Burkett

The first female head of state in the Western world and one of the most influential women in modern history, Golda Meir was a member of the tiny coterie of founders of the State of Israel, the architect of its socialist infrastructur...

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Published: Jul 2009

Most Talkative: Stories from the Fron...

Andy Cohen

The man behind the Real Housewives writes about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television showFrom a young age, Andy Cohen knew one thing: He loved television. Not i...

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Published: Mar 2013

Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentl...

Katie J. Davis

What would cause an eighteen-year-old old senior class president and homecoming queen from Nashville, Tennessee, to disappoint her parents by forgoing college, break her little brother's heart, lose all but a handful of her friends (b...

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Published: May 2012

The Pact

Sampson Davis

They grew up on the streets of Newark, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the l...

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Published: May 2003
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