Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and extraordinary individuals share their raw truths and hard-won wisdom. Through intimate portraits and candid reflections, these books reveal the pivotal moments, bold decisions, and personal philosophies that transformed ordinary people into legendary figures.
Biography Book Summaries
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
The Imam's Daughter
Biography
Memoir
Religion
Friday Night Lights
Sports
Football
History
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
And Other Rules to Live By
Comedy
Humor
Politics
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
History
Biography
Presidents
Wine to Water
A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Space Barons
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Science
Space
Business
Little Angels
Life as a Novice Monk in Thailand
Biography
Buddhism
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Home
A Memoir of My Early Years
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
House of Lies
How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch Then Tell You the Time [May 05, 2005] Kihn, Martin
Business
Management
Media Tie In
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
Science
Feminism
Memoir
My Name Is Barbra
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Ogni giorno è un buon giorno
Quindici gioie che il tè mi ha insegnato
Japan
Tea
Japanese Literature
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow
A True Story
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Return to the Little Kingdom
Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
Business
Biography
Apple
How to Think Like Bill Gates
Biography
Business
A Chance to Die
The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
Biography
Christian
Christianity
The Great Agnostic
Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought
History
Biography
Religion
The Facts
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Calculus of Friendship
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
Mathematics
Science
Biography
Charles Dickens in Love
Biography
British Literature
Literature
Think Like Zuck
The Five Business Secrets of Facebook's Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Business
Leadership
Technology
No Greater Love
Religion
Christian
Catholic
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
History
Holocaust
Memoir
Memoirs
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
You Are an Ironman
How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon
Sports
Fitness
Biography
Myself and Other More Important Matters
Management
Biography
Business
Alexander the Great
History
Biography
Ancient History
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
Biography
Politics
History
Sorcerer's Apprentice
My Life with Carlos Castaneda
Biography
Memoir
New Age
Goodbye, Sweet Girl
A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival
Memoir
Feminism
Biography
Aussie Grit
My Formula One Journey
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Things I Learned from Falling
Memoir
Biography
Travel
The Man Watching
A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever
Biography
Sports
Soccer
The Audacity to Win
The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
Politics
History
Biography
Showing Up for Life
Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
Biography
Memoir
Self Help
Never Far from Home
My Journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the Law
Memoir
Autobiography
Business
Three-Ring Circus
Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
Sports
Basketball
History
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Politics
History
Biography
Think and Win like Dhoni
Sports
Biography
Self Help
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business)
Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Prisoner
My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out
Memoir
Iran
Biography
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
Politics
Health
History
Churchill
The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches
History
Biography
Politics
In Defense of Open Society
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Hot Seat
Business
Leadership
Biography
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
A Memoir
Memoir
Science
Biography
Losing the Signal
The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
Business
Technology
History
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Biography
Medicine
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