9 Top autobiography books like Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews Edwards

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Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

By: Julie Andrews Edwards

3.88

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews …

"All my life I have struggled with making decisions—which I blame on being a true Libra—"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"I know that I am—all that I am. And all that I am is full and ripe. All that I am is standing still, waiting and watching and bursting with life. Holding the straining seams of my skin, my passion and wit and my sanity in. Waiting for someone to soothe and to say “I understand. You’re home."

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After all the training, technique, use of breath, and placement of sound, it boils down to an emotional response to music and lyrics---and the way they touch one's heart and soul"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After all the training, technique, use of breath, and placement of sound, it boils down to an emotional response to music and lyrics---and the way they touch one's heart and soul."

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

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Cover of My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke

1. My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business

By: Dick Van Dyke

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and belov… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. In Spite of Myself: A Memoir

By: Christopher Plummer

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking, rich portrait of a life. And what a life! By one of today's greatest living actors. H… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Plummer's In Spite of Myself: A Memoir book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

3. A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

By: Joni Rodgers , Kristin Chenoweth

4.03

Format: 606 pages,

"Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originat… read more

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4. This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection

By: Carol Burnett

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A touching and hilarious memoir by the author of Carrie and Me: A Mother Daughter Love Story,This T… read more

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5. A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck

By: Trace Adkins

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

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6. After All

By: Mary Tyler Moore

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

She was America's darling: actress, producer, star of the golden age of television. Her work on The… read more

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7. In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox

By: Carol Burnett

3.00

Format: 24 pages,

Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variet… read more

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8. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

By: Steven Lomazow

4.33

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more

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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

Cover of Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel by Claudia   Clark

9. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

By: Claudia Clark

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Clark's Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

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10. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

Similar categories in Barbra Streisand's My Name Is Barbra book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

Cover of Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler

11. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

Similar categories in Henry Winkler's Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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12. Forever Young

By: Hayley Mills

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a fa… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Mills's Forever Young book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos

13. If You Would Have Told Me

By: John Stamos

3.81

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad’s fast-food joint that one d… read more

Similar categories in John Stamos's If You Would Have Told Me book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews Edwards

14. Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

By: Julie Andrews Edwards

3.88

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews … read more

Similar categories in Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • film
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All my life I have struggled with making decisions—which I blame on being a true Libra—"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"I know that I am—all that I am. And all that I am is full and ripe. All that I am is standing still, waiting and watching and bursting with life. Holding the straining seams of my skin, my passion an…"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After …"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After …"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

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15. In Pieces

By: Sally Field

3.94

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

10 hours, 41 minutes One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sall… read more

Similar categories in Sally Field's In Pieces book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton

16. Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard

By: Tom Felton

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, g… read more

Similar categories in Tom Felton's Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

By: Todd S. Purdum

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the… read more

Similar categories in Todd S. Purdum's Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Free

By: Meg Keneally

4.04

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'It is a harsh land - yes, for you especially - but people can also rise here ...' Born into pov… read more

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Cover of It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories by Lisa-Jo Baker

19. It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories

By: Lisa-Jo Baker

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An honest and lyrical coming-of-age memoir of growing up in South Africa at the height of apartheid… read more

Similar categories in Lisa-Jo Baker's It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Lost Ones (Dark Ascension, #2)

By: Lauren DeStefano

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Journey to Never Land in the second book in the Disney Villains-focused Dark Ascension series, whic… read more

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21. Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

By: Edward Williams

4.37

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Backpacking around Australia in the year 2000, the author unwittingly found himself the target of o… read more

Similar categories in Edward Williams's Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution book and Julie Andrews Edwards's Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Do you want to live, Sander?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"Scopolamine never asks for permission"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"was it even my own mind making the decisions?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

"Had I left some children behind somewhere in the world?"

-Edward Williams, Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution

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My Name Is Barbra

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4.20

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Henry Winkler

4.14

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If You Would Have Told Me

John Stamos

3.81

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Mari Mancusi

4.13

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Morgan Matson

3.69

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Farrah Rochon

4.10

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