Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and everyday heroes share their transformative journeys through success, struggle, and profound change. These intimate portraits and personal stories illuminate the human spirit while offering wisdom, inspiration, and powerful lessons drawn from lived experience.
Biography Book Summaries
Boyd
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Biography
History
Military Fiction
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Memoir
Death
Science
All Too Human
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
History
Politics
Asia
Confronting the Presidents
No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
History
Politics
Biography
The Contrarian
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
Business
Biography
Politics
Great Thinkers
Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
A Doctor in the House
The Memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Biography
Politics
History
The Emergency
A Personal History
India
History
Politics
Trailblazer
The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
Business
Biography
Leadership
How Life Imitates Chess
Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
Chess
Business
Biography
How to Lead
Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
Business
Leadership
Biography
Dog Medicine
Memoir
Animals
Dogs
Marching Powder
Travel
Biography
Crime
Dream with Your Eyes Open
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
If We Break
A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
History
True Crime
Crime
Depression Hates a Moving Target
How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink
Memoir
Mental Health
Self Help
Providence
The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest
Biography
Philosophy
Memoir
Orange Is the New Black
Memoir
Biography
Book Club
The Way of the Champion
Pain, Persistence, and the Path Forward
Sports
Biography
Self Help
Lucky Man
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Prisoner's Dilemma
John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
Science
History
Economics
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
Biography
The Sound of Gravel
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
Sickened
The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
Memoir
Psychology
Biography
Start, Stay, or Leave
The Art of Decision Making
Self Help
Politics
Business
The Philosopher and the Wolf
Philosophy
Animals
Memoir
Sastun
My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer
Memoir
Anthropology
Biography Memoir
Know Your Power
A Message to America's Daughters
Biography
Politics
Memoir
Mama Lola
A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn
Religion
Anthropology
Biography
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
History
Biography
World War II
Inside Steve's Brain
Biography
Business
Apple
Brothers
Music
Biography
Memoir
Fallen Leaves
Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God
Philosophy
History
Essays
Scatter Brain
How I finally got off the ADHD rollercoaster and became the owner of a very tidy sock drawer
Adhd
Memoir
Biography
American Drug Addict
a memoir
Memoir
Biography
Unfinished
Diana
Her True Story in Her Own Words
Biography
History
Memoir
Screw It, Let's Do It
Lessons in Life
Business
Biography
Self Help
Three Cups of Deceit
How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Biography
History
Journalism
Choosing to Run
A Memoir
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Tracks
A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
Sports
Basketball
Biography
My Life in Full
Work, Family, and Our Future
Business
Biography
Memoir
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Travels With Myself and Another
Travel
Memoir
Biography
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Memoir
Humor
Biography
If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair
A Manual for Life
Self Help
Personal Development
Memoir
iCon
Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
Biography
Business
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