Biography & Autobiography Books

"With elegant simplicity and uncommon wisdom, Clarence Major gives us not just the truth of his mother's life but the unspoken truth behind the lie...

The Caterpillar Association, born in 1982, is a group of self-saved men and women. Any person who saves his life jumping from a disabled aircraft, ...

Go to the Head of the Class with a Baseball Legend Baseball legend Casey Stengel is considered by many to be the greatest manager in baseball his...

The unvarnished life story of stand-up comedian Russell Peters: up close and personal, poignant and entertainingRussell Peters performs to sell-ou...

The Life and Legacy of an American OriginalCo-founder and first CEO of Burger King, Jim McLamore, recounts the entrepreneurial journey of an intern...

This engaging introduction to Black Elk will show you how one person can accomplish big things.This colorful book introduces you to the world of Bl...

Powerful life lessons in a funny and moving portrait of family, community and spiritual discovery in America.Hilarious and heartfelt, Ron Wolfson's...

The Avocado Drive Zoo is a warm and personal, yet humorous, recounting of how the members of the Hamner family have lived with and loved the animal...

The true story about a shipwreck discovery, exciting explorations, broken alliances, and returning a lost piece of Alaskan history.Since its sinkin...

#1 New Release in Art of Comics and Manga, Essays, and Women in Art ─ Cartoons About Feminism, Relationships, Self-Love and Adulthood by Planet Pr...

Follow the history of Air Force Missileers and missile programs. Including Snark, Bomarc, Matador, Mace, Thor, Jupiter, Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, Pe...

#1 New Release in Reference & Collections ─ Last Words of Famous and Infamous PeopleAn Insightful and humorous look into the stories behind the...

Sometimes we must look into the past in order to face the future. After growing up as a fully assimilated Jew, Paul Cowan embarked in his mid-thi...

The Making of a Female Serial Killer "In America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complex―and terrifying―portrait of a killer wh...

Celebrating 25 years with a comprehensive history from World War II through the 21st Century. Biographical profiles of the members as well as a ros...

By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield’s solo career was taking off: She was on the cover of Spin...

The life and film genius of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream director Wes Craven Wes Craven is one of the most successful and iconic horror mo...

"Fascinating and well researched.... Dr. Swift is the first to concentrate on this unusual subject with such a wealth of sympathetic detail."-Sarah...

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

In the first major biography of Noah Webster in over sixty years, author Harlow Unger creates an intriguing portrait of the United States as an ene...

"Thomas Fleming gives us an unforgettable story about an immigrant family--his family--as it struggles to find a place in the American century. He ...

From the glittering social life of Virginia's wealthiest plantations to the rigors of winter camps during the American Revolution, Martha Washingto...

"Alan Weisman has come as close as anyone to unraveling one of the big mysteries of the television age: who is the real Dan Rather? Weisman has dev...

The Lincolns spent the summer of 1862 north of the White House at the Soldiers’ Home. The lush, cool hill overlooking the squalid capital promised ...