Biographies & Autobiographies books

From the ""talented and impassioned writer"" (San Francisco Chronicle) of How to Kill a City, a riveting journey...  Read More >>

Kai Hermann, schon Mitte der sechziger Jahre mit Anfang Zwanzig einer der bekanntesten politischen Journalisten...  Read More >>

Offers a nuanced portrayal of Lawrence Thomas Guyot Jr. brings a fresh perspective on the US civil rights movement...  Read More >>

Charles Ricketts wrote this account of his close friendship with Oscar Wilde, partly as an imagined conversation...  Read More >>

This thrilling memoir documents the early life of Russian journalist and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek...  Read More >>

The Station is an extraordinary true story-an elegy of childhood alienation, social dysfunction, and psychological...  Read More >>

Based on extensive research and first-hand interviews, this true crime novel offers unprecedented insight into the...  Read More >>

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious Lowcountry clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity—by an...  Read More >>

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* **Updated and expanded with new material from the author and new foreword from...  Read More >>

Bestselling author Amy Odell takes readers inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational and polarising...  Read More >>

THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER A Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year;...  Read More >>

A coming of age story and a portrait of a vanished world. It shows what it means to leave the past behind, yet how...  Read More >>

A stunning new story of Queen Victoria's secret love for her servant John Brown, by the acclaimed historian Fern...  Read More >>

Part reportage, part personal essay, part travelogue, False Calm finds Argentinian author Maria Sonia Cristoff writing...  Read More >>

A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025 The riveting story of the McKissack family--the founders of the leading...  Read More >>

Debbie Gibson reflects on the learnings that served her in her years as a young pop-pioneer and on her hard-earned...  Read More >>

The definitive account of the infamous crimes of Fred and Rose West  Read More >>

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""In a time of rising authoritarianism and attacks on personal freedoms, the New York Times bestselling author of...  Read More >>

For readers who treasure both poetry and art, this book is an immersive journey - a gallery of feelings captured...  Read More >>

""Based primarily on original sources and contemporary accounts, this book is an account of the life and times of...  Read More >>

""It is no small task to write the story of a saint as an autobiography, incorporating the saint's own experiences...  Read More >>

Dynamic, complex, driven: Bryce Courtenay was all of these as well as one of Australia's most beloved authors. To...  Read More >>

An up close and personal look at cyber espionage and digital spycraft In Cyber Recon: My Life in Cyber Espionage...  Read More >>