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
Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
Memoir
Biography
Classics
A Big Little Life
A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
Animals
Dogs
Memoir
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Travel
Humor
Memoir
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Biography
History
Africa
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
History
Biography
Politics
Keynes
The Return of the Master
Economics
History
Biography
Only the Paranoid Survive
How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Business
Management
Leadership
The Greatest Trade Ever
The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Finance
Business
Economics
Bonhoeffer
Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Biography
History
Christian
Delivering Happiness
A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Business
Leadership
Biography
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
Biography
Autobiography
History
The Lombardi Rules
26 Lessons from Vince Lombardi — the World's Greatest Coach (McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series)
Leadership
Sports
Business
A Man Without a Country
Essays
Memoir
Humor
How to Live
Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
Philosophy
Biography
History
Bossypants
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House Reader's Circle)
Biography
Medicine
Memoir
Reading Lolita in Tehran
A Memoir in Books
Memoir
Iran
Biography
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almos
Religion
Memoir
Biography
BIRD BY BIRD
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Writing
Memoir
Self Help
An Unquiet Mind
A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Psychology
Memoir
Mental Health
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Vintage International)
Memoir
Biography
Japan
Anything You Want
Business
Entrepreneurship
Self Help
It's Your Ship
Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
Leadership
Business
Management
Winning
The Ultimate Business How-To Book
Business
Leadership
Management
Open
Biography
Sports
Memoir
Escape
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Religion
Billionaire Who Wasn't
Biography
Business
Finance
Tried by War
Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
History
Civil War
Biography
Start Something That Matters
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Last Lecture, The
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Yoga Bitch
One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment
Memoir
Travel
Humor
An Autobiography
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
I, Steve
Steve Jobs In His Own Words (In Their Own Words)
Biography
Business
Leadership
Losing My Virginity
How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Business
Biography
Autobiography
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Memoir
Poetry
Biography
My Losing Season
A Memoir
Sports
Memoir
Biography
Let My People Go Surfing
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Business
Biography
Memoir
Obama
Biography
Politics
History
Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
Not Quite What I Was Planning
And Other Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Ob
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Kurt Vonnegut
Letters
Biography
Memoir
Essays
Unstoppable
The Incredible Power of Faith in Action
Christian
Biography
Inspirational
The Water Is Wide
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Education
How To Get Rich
Business
Self Help
Finance
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Memoir
Travel
Biography
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Music
Memoir
Biography
Decision Points
Biography
Politics
History
The Liars' Club
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Philosophy
Essays
Childrens