Biography & Autobiography

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by Brad Meltzer (Author), Christopher Eliopoulos (Illustrator)Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon is the focus of the 15th picture book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes, for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works w...

Taylor Swift: Unofficial Search and Find Biographies

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Report copyright infringementby Gus Morais (Author)Are you ready for it? This one-of-a-kind biography takes you on a visual exploration of Taylor Swift's groundbreaking music career, celebrating every album era, iconic outfit, and unforgettable moment. From singing "Tim McGraw" at the start of it all to her Midnights confessionals, this search and find activity book is packed with easter eggs that only her most loyal Swiftie fans will uncover.Dive into masterfully illustrated spreads, each in...

Shadow Cell: An Insider Account of America's New Spy War

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Bustamante (Author), Jihi Bustamante (Author)A thrilling firsthand account by husband-and-wife CIA operatives who, against all odds, triumphed in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against a mole within the agency--an unprecedented insider account of 21st-century spycraft in the tradition of Argo and Black Ops. Andrew and Jihi Bustamante were a "tandem couple" married spies who'd dedicated their lives to the CIA. They met as trainees at Langley, and got marrie...

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors - Paperback

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by Dan Jones (Author)The author of Powers and Thrones and presenter of Netflix's Secrets of Great British Castles offers a vivid account of the events that inspired Game of Thrones and Shakespeare's Henry IV and Richard III Discover the real history behind The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, the PBS Great Performance series of Shakespeare's plays, starring Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sofie Okenedo and Hugh Bonneville. The crown of England changed hands five times over the course...

Out of Wonder: Celebrating Poets and Poetry - Paperback

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by Kwame Alexander (Author), Ekua Holmes (Illustrator), Chris Colderley (Author)"A culturally rich collection of poetic tributes that extends the legacies of poets from around the globe. . . . A magnificent exploration of the poetic imagination." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who hav...

Paris Calling: What it Takes to Pull up Stakes

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Report copyright infringementby Doug Piotter (Author)After a first visit to Paris, the question, What would it take to live there? started to percolate. Drawn to the history, beauty and value system of France, Piotter and his wife embarked on an implausible journey and gave up a comfortable middle-class life which suited neither of them. Risking homelessness, they stepped into the void, sold their house, gave away most of their possessions and stored what was left. They applied for and receiv...

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by Darrin Bell (Author)Named one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Best Books of 2023Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2024New York Public Library's Best New Comics of 2023 Top Ten Pick Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't have a realistic water gun. She said she feared for his safety, that police tend to think of little Black boys as older and less innocent than they really are. Through evocative illustrations and sharp humor, Be...

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by Tracy Chevalier (Author)Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.Author Bio...

Women of Walt Disney Imagineering: 12 Women Reflect on Their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers - Hardcover

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by Ginger Zee (Foreword by)A dozen female Imagineers recount their trailblazing careers! Capturing an era--and preserving the stories they have told their daughters, their mentees, their husbands, and their friends--a dozen women Imagineers have written personal stories from their decades designing and building the Disney world-wide empire of theme parks. Illustrated with the women's personal drawings and photos in addition to archival Imagineering images, the book represents a broad swath of...

What Is the Story of Frankenstein? - Paperback

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by Sheila Keenan (Author), Who Hq (Author), David Malan (Illustrator)Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library! One of the most iconic monsters of all time comes to life in our What Is the Story Of? series. From his origins in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, through his many movie portrayals in the twentieth century, Frankenstein is one of the most recognizable characters in the world. His iconic look is a go-to Halloween costume for kids and adults alike. But how did the mad sci...

My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

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Report copyright infringementby Sami Hermez (Author), Sireen Sawalha (With)A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for their land, and a reflection on love and heartache while living under military occupation. In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian vil...

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by Jean Genet (Author), Ahdaf Soueif (Introduction by), Barbara Bray (Translator)Starting in 1970, Jean Genet--petty thief, prostitute, modernist master--spent two years in the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Always an outcast himself, Genet was drawn to this displaced people, an attraction that was to prove as complicated for him as it was enduring. Prisoner of Love, written some ten years later, when many of the men Genet had known had been killed, and he himself was dying, is a beauti...

Viva Frida: (Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover

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by Yuyi Morales (Author), Tim O'Meara (Photographer)A 2015 Caldecott Honor BookA 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award Distinguished author/illustrator Yuyi Morales illuminates Frida's life and work in this elegant and fascinating book, Viva Frida. Frida Kahlo, one of the world's most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases. A Neal Porter BookAuthor BiographyYuyi Moral...

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King - Paperback

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by Rich Cohen (Author)Named a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Times-Picayune The fascinating untold tale of Samuel Zemurray, the self-made banana mogul who went from penniless roadside banana peddler to kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary When Samuel Zemurray arrived in America in 1891, he was tall, gangly, and penniless. When he died in the grandest house in New Orleans sixty-nine years later, he was among the richest, most powerful men in the world. Working h...

John Muir: Nature Writings (Loa #92): The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / Ess - Hardcover

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by John Muir (Author), William Cronon (Editor)Known as the "Father of the National Parks," John Muir wrote about the American West with unmatched passion and eloquence--as seen in this stunning, one-volume collection In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a far-seeing prophet of environmental awar...

To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower

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Report copyright infringementby Bret Baier (Author)From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor, a captivating biography of Teddy Roosevelt, whose bold leadership thrust America onto the world stage and changed the course of U.S. history.There has never been a president like Theodore Roosevelt. An iconoclast shaped by fervent ideals, his early life seems ripped from the pages of an adventure novel: abandoning his place in the New York aristocracy, he...

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir - Paperback

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by Ellen Forney (Author)Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between "crazy" and "creative" in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passions and creativity. Searching to mak...

Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit! - Paperback

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by Frank W. Abagnale (Author), Stan Redding (Author)The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can. Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's u...

I'm No Hero: Journeys of a Holocaust Survivor - Paperback

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by Henry Friedman (Author)Henry Friedman was robbed of his adolescence by the monstrous evil that annihilated millions of European Jews and changed forever the lives of those who survived. When the Nazis overran their home town near the Polish-Ukrainian border, the Friedman family was saved by Ukrainian Christians who had worked at their farm. Henry, his mother, his younger brother, and a young schoolteacher--who had been hired by his father when Jews were forbidden to attend school--were hid...

Widow Basquiat: A Love Story - Paperback

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by Jennifer Clement (Author)The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together An NPR Best Book of the Year Selection New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy, it spawned some of the most significant art of the 20th century. It was where Jean-Michel Basquiat became an avant-garde street artist and painter, swiftly achieving worldwide fame....

Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke - Hardcover

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by Lewis Clarke (Author), Carver Clark Gayton (Introduction by)Lewis George Clarke published the story of his life as a slave in 1845, after he had escaped from Kentucky and become a well-regarded abolitionist lecturer throughout the North. His book was the first work by a slave to be acquired by the Library of Congress and copyrighted.During the 1840s he lived in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of Aaron and Mary Safford, where he encountered Mary's stepsister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, along...

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Report copyright infringementby Zosia Gorbaty (Author), Chaka Zulu (As Told by) Number of Pages: 222 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 09, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Amie Burnis (Author)While We Are Still Sinners: The Road to Redemption Through Christ is more than a Christian redemption story-it's an invitation to lasting transformation.If you're searching for peace, weighed down by guilt, or longing for change, this book shows that God's grace meets you right where you are. Through powerful testimony and biblical wisdom, Amie Burnis reveals how redemption through Jesus brings freedom and hope to the weary and the strugglin...

They All Came to Barneys: A Personal History of the World's Greatest Store

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Report copyright infringementby Gene Pressman (Author)During the greatest, most exciting years in the world's greatest, most exciting city, Barneys New York was a place where fashion made culture and made history. In They All Came to Barneys, Gene Pressman tells his story for the first time, capturing the unprecedented rise and unimaginable fall of his family's multimillion-dollar fashion retail empire as only he can: from the inside From its humble beginnings as a discount shop on Seventh Av...

If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home - Paperback

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by Tim O'Brien (Author)A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried "One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam."--Minneapolis Star and TribuneBefore writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My La...

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by Malcolm X (Author)Speeches tracing the evolution of Malcolm X's views on political alliances, women's rights, intermarriage, capitalism and socialism, and more. Number of Pages: 227 Dimensions: 0.57 x 8.24 x 5.22 IN Publication Date: January 01, 1992

Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself - Paperback

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by Rich Roll (Author)"Finding Ultra blends Rich Roll's story of superhuman personal transformation with an amazingly practical guide to plant-based living. It's also an enlightened manifesto for anyone wanting to transform their life."--Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Zones books "An incredible story of mental, emotional, and physical endurance."--Michael Greger, MD, FACLM, New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Die On the ni...

The Collected Works of Jim Morrison: Poetry, Journals, Transcripts, and Lyrics - Hardcover

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by Jim Morrison (Author), Tom Robbins (Foreword by)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry and lyrics from his 28 privately held notebooks.You can also hear Jim Morrison's final poetry recording, now available for the first time, on the CD or digital audio edition of this book, at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles on his twenty-seventh birthday, December 8, 1...

Ernest Hemingway: A Biography - Paperback

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by Mary Dearborn (Author)Incorporating fascinating new research, Mary Dearborn's revelatory investigation of Hemingway's life and work substantially deepens our understanding of the artist and the man. A St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Book of the Year The "most fully faceted portrait of Hemingway now available" (The Washington Post) draws on a wide array of never-before-used material, resulting in the most nuanced biography to date of this complex, enigmatic artist. Considered in his time the g...

Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury Updated Edition: The Birth of Modern Luxury Updated Edition - Hardcover

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by Paul-Gerard Pasols (Author), Pierre Leonforte (Author)When Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury was published in 2004, the book was the first to describe the dramatic rise of the world's finest luxury company. Written with full access to the company's archives, it demonstrates Louis Vuitton's passion for fine design with a stunning array of archival art, product designs, and cutting-edge advertising. The company is examined through the lives of its first three leaders--founder Louis (...

By My Hands: A Potter's Apprenticeship (a Memoir) - Hardcover

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by Florian Gadsby (Author)The internet's favorite potter opens up about his life and craft in this inspiring, stunningly photographed ode to the beauty of small things that brighten life's daily rituals. Florian Gadsby has devoted his life to pottery, refining his technique towards the point of perfection--and as his skill has grown, he has shared his work online, inspiring millions with his meditative videos of gorgeous pottery. Based at a studio in North London, he releases three new collec...

Echoes from Confinement: A Legal Fighter's Road to Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Ndem B. Oduu (Author)In Echoes from Confinement, Jack Ndem Oduu transforms personal struggle into a searing critique of America's legal machinery. Drawing from years of incarceration and fortified by his academic journey-Associates, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees in Criminal Justice, and doctoral candidacy in Public Administration and Policy-Oduu dismantles the myths of fairness within the courtroom and prison walls.This book is not only a memoir of survival ...