Biography & Autobiography

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Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane

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Report copyright infringementby Devoney Looser (Author)Incisive, funny, and deeply-researched insights into the life, writing, and legacy of Jane Austen, by the preeminent scholar Devoney Looser. Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, scholar Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest at last in Wild for Austen. These, and many other events and characters, come to life throughout this rollicking book. Austen, we learn, was far wilder in...

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness - Paperback

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by Dave Pelzer (Author)A Man Named Dave, which has sold over 1 million copies, is the gripping conclusion to Dave Pelzer's inspirational and New York Times bestselling trilogy of memoirs that began with A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy."All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself." These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-relianc...

Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin - Paperback

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by Jill Lepore (Author)NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR - Time Magazine - The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians--a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother's fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly ...

His Excellency: George Washington - Paperback

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by Joseph J. Ellis (Author)National BestsellerTo this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. H...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Gottlieb (Author)The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosophy is a "battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in ...

The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III - Paperback

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by Andrew Roberts (Author)The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating--and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy. Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon--a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathan Groff's preening, spi...

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by Helen Keller (Author)An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life is Helen Keller's account of her triumph over deafness and blindness. Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle Worker, Keller's story has become a symbol of hope for people all over the world. This book-published when Keller was only twenty-two-portrays the wild child who is locked in the dark and silent prison of her own body. With an extraordinary immediacy, Keller reveals her frustr...

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by Bonnie Bader (Author), Who Hq (Author), Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)GOOOAAAAAL Get ready for a front-row seat at the world's most-watched sporting event--the World Cup. Every four years, thirty-two of the best men's soccer teams from across the globe compete for the title of FIFA World Cup winner. Over one billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final game of the 2014 competition, making the World Cup the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Summer O...

100 Diaries That Chronicled World Events

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Report copyright infringementby Colin Salter (Author) Oscar Wilde once wrote "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train." This book is your opportunity to discover a compendium of the most celebrated, revelatory, notorious and heart-wrenching diaries from the great, the good and the truly evil. 100 Diaries that Chronicled World Events introduces us to the world's greatest diarists. Including the historical journals of Samuel Pepys and...

Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human - Paperback

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by Harold Bloom (Author)"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic-and ultimate authority on the western literary tradition, Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's plays, brilliantly ...

I Am My Name: A Girl's Journey to Finding Her Cree Family

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Report copyright infringementby Na'kuset (Author), Judith Henderson (Author), Onedove (Illustrator)An evocative autobiographical picture book about Cree activist Na'kuset's life as a young girl taken from her home along with thousands of other indigenous children during the 1960s, and the journey of discovery that leads her to reclaim her life and culture. I have come from somewhere else, whereI am Cree and I have a big sisterand another name. One night, a very young girl was removed from her...

Taylor Swift: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography

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Report copyright infringementby Kirsten Mayer (Author), Yenna Mariana (Illustrator), Who Hq (Author)You know it's true--this book belongs with you! Follow the journey of Taylor Swift, from Nashville open mic nights all the way to her rise as one of the biggest pop music stars of all time. A pitch-perfect accompaniment to your Eras Tour friendship bracelets, this highly illustrated book includes all the iconic nonfiction details that Who HQ is known for.Author BiographyKirsten Mayer has writte...

Caitlin Clark: Shooting Star, a Biography

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Report copyright infringementby Erica Wainer (Author), Claudia Marianno (Illustrator)A slam-dunk picture book biography featuring the WNBA Rookie of the Year and one of the biggest names in basketball--Caitlin Clark!Caitlin's love for the game is evident every time she steps foot on a court, whether for a pickup game with her brothers as a kid, during college with the Iowa Hawkeyes, or in WNBA arenas watched by millions of TV and courtside viewers. While Caitlin now has fans all over the worl...

Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature: A Biography in Poems

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Report copyright infringementby Caroline Brewer (Author)The extraordinary story of Harriet Tubman's life, leadership, spirituality, and relationship with nature, told through powerful poetry and collage.Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature celebrates the life of the hero of the Underground Railroad with the power of hip-hop-style rhythm and rhyme accompanied by luminous, rough-edged collage.When Harriet Tubman was born enslaved in Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1822, nobody knew this tiny Black g...

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Report copyright infringementby Derek Desierto (Author)From New York Times-bestelling illustrator, Derek Desierto, here is nn inspiring, exquisitely illustrated picture book biography of Henri Matisse, who overcame hardship to create masterpieces."A lovely homage." Henri Matisse loved color. He dreamed of being an artist. Even after his father pushed him to study for a "serious" job, Henri followed his heart and went to art school. Color was all around him! After a grueling illness, Henri had...

The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods - Hardcover

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by Greg King (Author)The definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect their existence against those determined to cut them down. Every year millions of tourists from around the world visit California's famous redwoods. Yet few who strain their necks to glimpse the tops of the world's tallest trees understand how unlikely it is that these last isolated groves of giant trees still stand at all. In this grippin...

Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius - Paperback

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by Ray Monk (Author)"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."--The Christian Science Monitor.Author BiographyRay Monk is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, for which he was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. He is also the author of Robert Oppenheimer and a two-volume biography of Bertrand Russell. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton. Number of Pages: 7...

Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel

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Report copyright infringementby Frances Wilson (Author)Long-listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction The award-winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, a consummate artist of the twentieth century. "Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is," said Muriel Spark. Muriel Spark was a puzzle, and so too are her books. She dealt in word games, tricks, and ciphers; her life was composed of weird accidents, strange coincidences, and spo...

Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills - Paperback

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by Charles Henderson (Author)The explosive true story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legendary Marine sniper in the Vietnam War. There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has only been one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines--on their own ground. And each time, he emerged from the jungle having done his duty. His record is one of the finest in military history, with ninety-three confirmed kills. This is the story of a simple man w...

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Report copyright infringementby Troy Scott (Author)In Writing Through a Life of Triumph and Tribulation, Troy S. Upman recounts an extraordinary journey that begins with an unremarkable rideshare ride and leads to a touching and transformative project. From a seemingly routine pickup in Dunedin, Florida, Upman's life takes an unexpected turn when a photograph was captured of Captain Dolores O'Riordan piloting her band members back to home port in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, taken during a ...

Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family - Paperback

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by Garrard Conley (Author)The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. "Every sentence of the story will stir your soul" (O Magazine). The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college studen...

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940 - Paperback

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by William Manchester (Author)"The best Churchill biography for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new."--Newsweek In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester's critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wages his defining campaign: not against Hitler's war machine but against his own reluctant countrymen. Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill's finest hour was the uphill battl...

Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh - Paperback

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by Irving Stone (Editor), Jean Stone (Editor)"Written from the heart and without restraint, alive."--The New York TimesVincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artist, bared his tortured yet ecstatic soul in his letters to his confidant and companion, his beloved brother Theo. These letters reveal the man behind such masterpieces as The Starry Night and The Bedroom--a desperate man whose quest for love became a flight into madness and for whom every day was a "fight for life." Irving Stone, ...

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Report copyright infringementby G. L. Pedersen (Author), Lora Elliott (Foreword by), Roger Hagopian (Introduction by)Bullets, Blizzards, and Bravery: Meet the Woman Who Defined Medical Heroism"By some vagary of chance, she was fated to be always in the center of great events." -Marie Leeds, Press of Atlantic CityFor fans of The Doctors Blackwell and A Woman of No Importance comes the story of Dr. Mabel E. Elliott, who cared for thousands of Armenian and Greek refugees through bullets, blizzar...

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 - Paperback

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by William Manchester (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "An altogether absorbing popular biography . . . The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him."--People When Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. Yet within a few years the Empire would hover on the brink of catastrophe. Against this backdrop, a remarkable man began to build h...

The Souls of Black Folk: With the Talented Tenth and the Souls of White Folk - Hardcover

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by W. E. B. Du Bois (Author), Ibram X. Kendi (Introduction by), Monica E. Elbert (Notes by)A collectible hardcover edition of the landmark book about being black in America, featuring an introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist A Penguin Vitae Edition When The Souls of Black Folk was first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America--and it remains both a touchstone in the literature of Af...

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by Caroline Knapp (Author)Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. It was love at first sight. The ...

Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America - Hardcover

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by Steve Sheinkin (Author), Bijou Karman (Illustrator)From New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Award recipient Steve Sheinkin, Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America is the gripping true story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies--and beyond.Featuring illustrations by Bijou Karman. Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across...

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters - Hardcover

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by Dick Winters (Author), Cole C. Kingseed (Author)"Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries...laced with Winters's soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades' bravery."--Publishers Weekly They were called Easy Company--but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while liberating Europe--an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Winner of the Distinguishe...

Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists - Hardcover

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by Martha Freeman (Author), Katy Wu (Illustrator)"An inspiring look at women who realized curiosity plus tenacity equals success." --Kirkus Reviews " A] captivating compendium." --Publishers Weekly Discover the histories of twenty incredible female scientists in this inspiring biography collection from beloved author Martha Freeman and Google Doodler Katy Wu. Why do galaxies spin the way they do? What's the best kind of house for a Komodo dragon? Can you cure malaria with medicine made from a...

Persépolis / Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - Paperback

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by Marjane Satrapi (Author)TIMES 2020, los 100 mejores libros juveniles de todos los tiempos EL GRAN CLÁSICO DE LA NOVELA GRÁFICA, en su edición definitivaPersépolis nos cuenta la revolución islámica iraní vista desde los ojos de una niña que asiste atónita al cambio profundo que experimentan su país y su familia, mientras ella debe aprender a llevar el velo. Intensamente personal y profundamente político, el relato autobiográfico de Marjane Satrapi examina qué significa crecer en un ambient...

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by Mike Tyson (Author), Larry Sloman (Contribution by)Be sure to check out IRON AMBITION: My Life with Cus D'Amato by Mike Tyson "Raw, powerful and disturbing--a head-spinning take on Mr. Tyson's life."--Wall Street Journal Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon--Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during his three decades in the public eye. Bullied as a boy in the toughest, poorest neighborhood in Brooklyn, Tyson grew up to become one of...