Biography and Memoir

Discover the stories of their lives, in recent biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs.
Updated March 11, 2026
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Mark Twain
Ron Chernow
100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life
Dick Van Dyke
Paper Book
The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had
Helen Rappaport
Paper Book
'What a wonderful book!  The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject -- this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career'  Lucy Worsley    To Queen Victoria she was Aunt Julie; to Catherine the Great she was Grand...
Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary
Victoria Amelina
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina became a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women who joined the resistance. Amelina photographed the ruins of schools and cultural centers; she recorded the testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses. On June...
Kosciuszko
Anthony Sharwood
Paper Book
Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood the test of two centuries, and whose name sits on Australia's highest peak. Tadeusz Kosciuszko: freedom fighter, friend of Thomas Jefferson and champion of liberty on two continents. Bestselling author Anthony Sharwood...
The Legend of Albert Jacka
Peter FitzSimons
Paper Book
Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the...
When Life Gives You Lemurs: How saving animals saved me
Tim Husband
Paper Book
A story of courage, generosity and the tender power of animals to heal humans.

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