Biographies & Autobiographies books

A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty...  Read More >>

An intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono from the bestselling author of Beautiful Boy  Read More >>

From the legendary author Edmund White, a stunning, revelatory memoir of a lifetime of gay love and sex.  Read More >>

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A new memoir from renowned political activist and author of Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties...  Read More >>

As a left winger for the Philadelphia Flyers, Brian Propp was constantly in motion, racking up goals and assists...  Read More >>

A biography of early twentieth-century baseball player and actor Mike Donlin, one of the best hitters and most colorful...  Read More >>

The product of a hardscrabble childhood, J. Mayo “Ink” Williams parlayed an Ivy League education into unlikely twin...  Read More >>

Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later,...  Read More >>

Few figures in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provoke such visceral responses as...  Read More >>

The brainchild of an obscure Yugoslav physician, Krebiozen emerged in 1951 as an alleged cancer treatment. Andrew...  Read More >>

William L. Dawson is recognized for his genre-defining choral spirituals and for his Negro Folk Symphony, a masterpiece...  Read More >>

A funny and candid memoir from the Irish AFL games record holder, Zach Tuohy (with a lot to say about the Irish...  Read More >>

A vivid account of the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli.  Read More >>

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From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer and director Henry Winkler, Being Henry is a deeply thoughtful...  Read More >>

The official autobiography from celebrated Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown Martin Keown, Arsenal hero,...  Read More >>

An evocative, candid reveal of the media and design worlds by an award-winning journalist and activist urban planner...  Read More >>

Going to the Wars is a personal account of being a journalist on the front line, written by one of the greatest...  Read More >>

Editor is the definitive inside story of newspapers from Max Hastings, one of Britain’s most highly regarded military...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1939, The Diary of Dudley Ryder 1715–1716, comprises an early diary and a few related notes...  Read More >>

From society belle in turn-of-the-century Seattle, to editor of Harper’s Bazaar and lady of a vast Scottish Highland...  Read More >>

In 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University...  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Marshal Pilsudski presents a comprehensive biographical history of Józef Klemens Piłsudski...  Read More >>