Biographies, Memoirs & Historic Events

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Memorable memoirs and biographies

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  1. Didion and Babitz
    Didion and Babitz
    Lili Anolik
    Hardcover
    $22.95 $29.99
    164
  2. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaki
    The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
    Karen Valby
    Hardcover
    $18.28 $29.00
    151
  3. Connie: A Memoir
    Connie: A Memoir
    Connie Chung
    Hardcover
    $16.25 $32.50
    592
  4. From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
    From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
    Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
    Hardcover
    $20.17 $32.00
    8,042
  5. Greenlights: Raucous stories and outlaw wisdom from the Academy Award-winning actor
    Greenlights: Raucous stories and outlaw wisdom from the Academy Award-winning actor
    Matthew McConaughey
    Paperback
    $14.64
    71,127
  6. Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World
    Anupreeta Das
    Hardcover
    $16.00 $32.00
    108
  7. Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: A Celebration of Taylor Swift's Musical Journey, Cultural Impact, and Reinv
    Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: A Celebration of Taylor Swift's Musical Journey, Cultural Impact, and Reinvention of Pop Music for Swifties by a Swiftie
    Rob Sheffield
    Hardcover
    $13.99 $27.99
    183
  8. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
    Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
    Kara Swisher
    Hardcover
    $14.97 $30.00
    2,854
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For readers who love history

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  1. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the
    The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
    Sharon McMahon
    Hardcover
    $21.24 $32.00
    2,732
  2. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
    Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
    Emily Nussbaum
    Hardcover
    $16.92 $30.00
    337
  3. Hip-Hop Is History
    Hip-Hop Is History
    Questlove, Ben Greenman
    Hardcover
    $13.95 $30.00
    137
  4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
    An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
    Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Hardcover
    $18.98 $35.00
    6,145
  5. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Hardcover
    $21.71 $35.00
    4,379
  6. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
    A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
    Dean Jobb
    Hardcover
    $19.92 $32.50
    351
  7. Spacecraft and Rockets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA
    Spacecraft and Rockets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA
    NASA, Nirmala Nataraj, Bill Nye
    Hardcover
    $27.53 $35.00
    1
  8. Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
    Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
    Chris La Tray
    Hardcover
    $14.00 $28.00
    50
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Editors' Picks: Best Biographies & Memoirs of February

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  1. Memorial Days: A Memoir
    Memorial Days: A Memoir
    Geraldine Brooks
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    38
  2. Source Code: My Beginnings
    Source Code: My Beginnings
    Bill Gates
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $30.00
    15
  3. The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
    The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
    Neko Case
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $30.00
    24
  4. Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
    Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
    Susan Morrison
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
  5. Shattered: A Memoir
    Shattered: A Memoir
    Hanif Kureishi
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    98
  6. Bibliophobia: A Memoir
    Bibliophobia: A Memoir
    Sarah Chihaya
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $29.00
    6
  7. The Survivor: How I Made it Through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter
    The Survivor: How I Made it Through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter
    Josef Lewkowicz
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $29.99
    483
  8. Fearless and Free: A Memoir
    Fearless and Free: A Memoir
    Josephine Baker, Ijeoma Oluo, Anam Zafar, Sophie Lewis
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $32.00
    1
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