Biography: general books

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The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, And Count Basie Transformed America

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, And...

Author: Larry Tye
ISBN: 9780358380436
Format: Hardback
$65.00

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping group portrait of the pioneers...  Read More >>

Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances

Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances...

Author: Lucas Mann
ISBN: 9781609389536
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Lucas Mann turns his attention, tenderness, self-reflection, and humor to contemporary fatherhood. Moving through...  Read More >>

Coming Home

Coming Home

Author: Brittney Griner ,  Michelle Burford
ISBN: 9780593801345
Format: Hardback
$79.20

On February 17, 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA offseason playing for the Russian...  Read More >>

One Way Back: A Memoir

One Way Back: A Memoir

Author: Christine Blasey Ford
ISBN: 9781250289650
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The compelling true story behind the testimony that awed the nation  Read More >>

Behave Yourself! Straight Talk, Common Sense and Encouragement of Nick Seta

Behave Yourself! Straight Talk, Common Sense and Encouragement...

Author: Lynn Seta
ISBN: 9781732062795
Format: Hardback
$63.31

Do the right thing in the right way, at the right time, for the right reason. Nick Seta was a popular speaker...  Read More >>

Your Worshipfulness, Princess Leia, Starring Carrie Fisher

Your Worshipfulness, Princess Leia, Starring Carrie...

Author: Jeff Ryan
ISBN: 9781626016774
Format: Paperback
$52.77

An in-depth look at how playing the iconic role of Princess Leia at 20 impacted the life of Carrie Fisher.  Read More >>

Your Worshipfulness, Princess Leia: Starring Carrie Fisher

Your Worshipfulness, Princess Leia: Starring Carrie...

Author: Jeff Ryan
ISBN: 9781626016606
Format: Hardback
$68.61

An in-depth look at how receiving the iconic role of Princess Leia at 20 affected the trajectory of the life of...  Read More >>

First Life

First Life

Author: Wendy Mutton ,  Sheilla Hagedorn
ISBN: 9798988570219
Format: Paperback
$47.49

"In war, heroism isn't found only on the battlefield. For young Chrissy Finlay, growing up in Scotland during World...  Read More >>

My Belly: Exploring Why It’s So Hard for Women to Love Their Bodies

My Belly: Exploring Why It’s So Hard for Women to Love...

Author: Hilde Østby ,  Lucy Moffatt
ISBN: 9781778400001
Format: Paperback
$27.99

"""Originally published in Norwegian by Kagge Forlag as Mageboka: sju steg mot �a like kroppen din""--Title page...  Read More >>

Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry

Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry

Author: Sir Andrew Motion
ISBN: 9780571375301
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A tender, revelatory memoir featuring many of the major figures in British poetry, from a former Poet Laureate....  Read More >>

Turning Over the Pebbles: A Life in Cricket and in the Mind

Turning Over the Pebbles: A Life in Cricket and in the...

Author: Mike Brearley
ISBN: 9781408715970
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Cristiano Ronaldo: The Award-Winning Biography Fully Updated

Cristiano Ronaldo: The Award-Winning Biography Fully...

Author: Guillem Balague
ISBN: 9781399619196
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and...

Author: Roger Domeneghetti
ISBN: 9781529114843
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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A Purposeful Life: What I’ve Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change

A Purposeful Life: What I’ve Learned About Breaking...

Author: Dawn Butler
ISBN: 9781804992470
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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A Hell of a Bomb: How the Bombs of Barnes Wallis Helped Win the Second World War

A Hell of a Bomb: How the Bombs of Barnes Wallis Helped...

Author: Stephen Flower
ISBN: 9781803997001
Format: Paperback
$44.99

The story of the war-turning bouncing bomb, created by the innovative Barnes Wallis  Read More >>

My Tour Overseas (1944 - 1946)

My Tour Overseas (1944 - 1946)

Author: N. A. Shinfield ,  Robert Shinfield
ISBN: 9781803818900
Format: Paperback
$26.37

My Tour Overseas is the diary of an RAF wireless operator who set sail for the far east in 1944, aged just 19.  Read More >>

Whitewater Rescues: True Stories of Survival, Bravery, and Quick Thinking

Whitewater Rescues: True Stories of Survival, Bravery,...

Author: Charlie Walbridge
ISBN: 9781634043847
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Read over 75 of the most compelling true stories of canoeing, kayaking, and rafting rescues ever submitted to the...  Read More >>

To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse: 1 of Pitchfork's 10 Best Music Books of 2023

To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery...

Author: Howard Fishman
ISBN: 9781035408887
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The incredible true story of a 1950s singer who made a unique contribution to music history and then mysteriously...  Read More >>

Looking for Theophrastus: Travels in Search of a Lost Philosopher

Looking for Theophrastus: Travels in Search of a Lost...

Author: Laura Beatty
ISBN: 9781838954383
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back...  Read More >>

Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist She Invented

Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist...

Author: Christoph Ribbat
ISBN: 9781803710617
Format: Paperback
$51.62

This book about Kathrine Talbot (close friend of poet Elizabeth Bishop) fuses literary biography and concise accounts...  Read More >>

Fallen: George Mallory: The Man, The Myth and the 1924 Everest Tragedy

Fallen: George Mallory: The Man, The Myth and the 1924...

Author: Mick Conefrey
ISBN: 9781805462712
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A dramatic and compelling reappraisal of George Mallory published to coincide with the centenary of his mysterious...  Read More >>

Everything is Everything: The Top 10 Bestseller

Everything is Everything: The Top 10 Bestseller

Author: Clive Myrie
ISBN: 9781399715003
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Updated with chapters on the Israel/Gaza war and his Caribbean family, this is the new edition of Clive Myrie's...  Read More >>

C.S. Lewis's Oxford

C.S. Lewis's Oxford

Author: Simon Horobin
ISBN: 9781851245642
Format: Hardback
$59.99

An examination of the influence of Oxford on the writing of C.S. Lewis, bringing to light new archival discoveries...  Read More >>

Jean Racine: A Critical Biography

Jean Racine: A Critical Biography

Author: Geoffrey Brereton
ISBN: 9781032253176
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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The Diaries of Franz Kafka

The Diaries of Franz Kafka

Author: Franz Kafka ,  Ross Benjamin
ISBN: 9780241695746
Format: Paperback
$45.00

An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough...  Read More >>

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