Biography & Autobiography Books

World famous at twenty-four, brilliant and reckless, hard-living and scandalous, Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage before he ever exper...

The 390th Bomb Group Anthology includes 83 stories written by 45 members of the 390th Bomb Group relating their personal adventures during the Worl...

One of life's biggest clichés becomes a horrific reality when Douglas Segal's wife and young daughter are hit head-on by a Los Angeles city bus. Mi...

The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the ...

In this gripping biography, acclaimed author Harlow Giles Unger paints an intimate portrait of the heroic young French soldier who, at 19, renounc...

Andy Warhol was one of the most celebrated figures in New York society for some twenty-five years, and probably second only to Picasso as the worl...

The story that captivated a nation: how a horribly neglected little girl was rescued by her loving adoptive parents In July 2005, a six-year-old gi...

"Heschel's last statement on despair and hope in Hasidism as he experienced it himself through study of the Baal Shem Tov and the Kotzker, whose li...

“A lighthearted memoir of new friends, delicious food, and culture shock . . . A brisk chronicle of a family’s (mis)adventures in Vietnam” (Kirkus ...

In 1803, an eighteen-year-old West Indies–born Frenchman arrived in New York City, fleeing Napoleon’s conscription. His work would become inextrica...

Surviving Hell is a harrowing account of Lieutenant Colonel William Miner, taken prisoner for 39 months after his unit surrendered to the Japanese...

A brilliant portrait of a beloved and controversial figure in twentieth-century spirituality. Simone Weil (1...

Author Stephen Cox and pop culture critic Kevin Marhanka have joined forces to present the complete film works of comedian Don Knotts in The Incred...

The story of the modern day National Guard, one of the largest, most powerful military organizations in the world today. Includes National Guard Bu...

"All American is riveting and grand-that rare pairing of exquisite writing and unassailable research. Crawford delivers you to an age when iconic t...

Based on new sources—the definitive biography of Rasputin, with revelations about his life, death, and involvement with the Romanovs A century aft...

NOW AN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY, Winter Journey Set amid the growing tyranny of Germany's Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Gü...

A moving and dramatic coming-of-age memoir of Charles Evers, one of the most colorful civil rights pioneers and brother of Medgar Evers, slain hero...

Boomer Sooner! Bud Wilkinson was one of America’s greatest football coaches. His incredible achievements at the helm of the Oklahoma Sooners set a ...

An intimate and moving graphic memoir by cartoonist Nate Fakes, dedicated to his stepdad Ron, a larger-than-life personality who gradually becomes...

A memoir about what it’s like when they think you’re their daughter, but you know you’re their son. For as long as he could remember, Grayson has ...

Shot down near Dresden, the author became a "guest" of the Russians.