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
Seven More Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
Christian
History
Seven More Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
Christian
History
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
History
Biography
Fashion
The Cartiers
The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
History
Biography
Fashion
Freaks, Geeks & Aspergers Syndrome
A User Guide to Adolescence
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Aspergers
Freaks, Geeks & Aspergers Syndrome
A User Guide to Adolescence
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Aspergers
The House of Dimon
How JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the Financial World
Biography
Finance
Business
The House of Dimon
How JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the Financial World
Biography
Finance
Business
The Man Who Knew
The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
Biography
Economics
Finance
The Man Who Knew
The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
Biography
Economics
Finance
Johnny Carson
A Taut Portrait of a Complex Man Revealing the True Johnny Carson
Biography
Biography Memoir
Memoir
Johnny Carson
A Taut Portrait of a Complex Man Revealing the True Johnny Carson
Biography
Biography Memoir
Memoir
The Sunset Route
Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West
Memoir
Travel
Adventure
The Sunset Route
Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West
Memoir
Travel
Adventure
George Washington
The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797
Biography
History
Presidents
George Washington
The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797
Biography
History
Presidents
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
Storyteller
Writing Lessons & More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop
Writing
Memoir
Reference
Prisoners of Hope
The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Prisoners of Hope
The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan
Biography
Christian
Memoir
Catch a Wave
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Music
Biography
History
Catch a Wave
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Music
Biography
History
Life Of Crime
Law
Biography
True Crime
Life Of Crime
Law
Biography
True Crime
Pass with Care
Memoir
Essays
Queer
Pass with Care
Memoir
Essays
Queer
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
Buddhism
Spirituality
Religion
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
Buddhism
Spirituality
Religion
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
To Risk It All
Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
History
Military Fiction
Leadership
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
History
Biography
War
The Forgotten Highlander
My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
History
Biography
War
Walt Whitman
A Life
Biography
Poetry
History
Walt Whitman
A Life
Biography
Poetry
History
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King
The Hidden Truth About Bill Gates and His Power to Shape Our World
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King
The Hidden Truth About Bill Gates and His Power to Shape Our World
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
Why We Love Pirates
The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
History
Pirates
Historical
Why We Love Pirates
The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
History
Pirates
Historical
Women Who Risk
Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim World
Christian
Biography
Faith
Women Who Risk
Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim World
Christian
Biography
Faith
Sinatra's Century
One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World
Biography
Music
Sinatra's Century
One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World
Biography
Music
Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World
A Concise History
China
History
Biography
Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World
A Concise History
China
History
Biography
If Chins Could Kill
Confessions of a B Movie Actor
Biography
Memoir
Humor
If Chins Could Kill
Confessions of a B Movie Actor
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Black Mass
True Crime
History
Crime
Black Mass
True Crime
History
Crime
The Unlikely Disciple
A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Religion
Memoir
Christianity
The Unlikely Disciple
A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Religion
Memoir
Christianity
How to Think Like da Vinci
Biography
Art
Self Help
How to Think Like da Vinci
Biography
Art
Self Help
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
Iran
Memoir
Biography
From Miniskirt to Hijab
A Girl in Revolutionary Iran
Iran
Memoir
Biography
Lives of the Artists
Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
Art
Biography
Essays
Lives of the Artists
Portraits of Ten Artists Whose Work and Lifestyles Embody the Future of Contemporary Art
Art
Biography
Essays
On Pluto
Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
Memoir
Psychology
Science
On Pluto
Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
Memoir
Psychology
Science
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Memoir
Christian
Biography
Diaries 1969-1979
The Python Years
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Diaries 1969-1979
The Python Years
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Fifth Vital
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
The Fifth Vital
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Now I Can Die in Peace
How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
Sports
Baseball
Humor
Now I Can Die in Peace
How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
Sports
Baseball
Humor
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Paper Girl
A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Paper Girl
A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
Memoir
Politics
Biography
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Business
History
Economics
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
The Battle for the Soul of American Business
Business
History
Economics
Wouldn't it Be Nice
Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
Music
Biography
History
Wouldn't it Be Nice
Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
Music
Biography
History
Tesla
Inventor of the Electrical Age
Biography
Science
History
Tesla
Inventor of the Electrical Age
Biography
Science
History
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
History
Politics
Espionage
The Spymasters
How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
History
Politics
Espionage
Math and the Mona Lisa
Science
Mathematics
History
Math and the Mona Lisa
Science
Mathematics
History
Do the KIND Thing
Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Do the KIND Thing
Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Here, There and Everywhere
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
Music
Biography
Memoir
Here, There and Everywhere
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
Music
Biography
Memoir
Unveiling Grace
The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Unveiling Grace
The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
History
Politics
Presidents
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
History
Politics
Presidents
Already Toast
Caregiving and Burnout in America
Memoir
Self Help
Health
Already Toast
Caregiving and Burnout in America
Memoir
Self Help
Health
Education of a Felon
Biography
Crime
True Crime
Education of a Felon
Biography
Crime
True Crime
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam
History
Religion
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam
History
Religion
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
History
Historical
American History
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever
History
Historical
American History
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
History
Civil War
American History
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
History
Civil War
American History
