Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages through intimate portraits of world leaders, everyday heroes, and remarkable personalities who shaped our world. Whether following someone's complete life journey or focusing on transformative moments, these carefully researched accounts reveal the triumphs, struggles, and wisdom of human experience.
Biography Book Summaries
Catch a Wave
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Music
Biography
Biography Memoir
Beyond the Robot
The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
Biography
Philosophy
Psychology
Carl Gustav Jung
A Biography
Biography
Psychology
History
LET IT GO
The Entrepreneur Turned Ardent Philanthropist
Biography
Business
Memoir
Lead from the Outside
How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Politics
Memoir
Leadership
Fail Until You Don't
Self Help
Biography
Memoir
Audition
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
A Numerate Life
A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
Mathematics
Science
Biography
Prince
Inside the Music and the Masks
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Bandersnatch
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Writing
Biography
History
Over the Edge of the World
Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
History
Biography
Adventure
Why We Love Pirates
The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever
History
Pirates
Historical
C.G. Jung
Lord of the Underworld
Psychology
Biography
British Literature
On Jung
Psychology
Biography
Philosophy
Beyond the Sky and the Earth
A Journey into Bhutan
Travel
Memoir
Asia
41
A Portrait of My Father
Biography
History
Politics
Q's Legacy
A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
Hammer of the Gods
Music
Biography
History
The Case for Trump
Politics
History
Biography
Beethoven
The Universal Composer
Music
Biography
History
Reading the Constitution
Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Politics
Law
History
Growing Up Colt
A Father, a Son, a Life in Football
Biography
Sports
Football
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
American History
True Crime
What On Earth Have I Done?
Stories, Observations, and Affirmations
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
Raiders and Rebels
The Golden Age of Piracy
History
Pirates
True Crime
Facing the Lion
Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
Africa
Memoir
Biography
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
Memoir
Africa
Biography
Seven More Men
And the Secret of Their Greatness
Biography
Christian
History
Not Forgotten
The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea
Memoir
Christian
Biography
London
History
Travel
Biography
Manhood for Amateurs
Essays
Memoir
Biography
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
The Way of the Explorer
An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
Science
Philosophy
Memoir
Sound
A Story of Hearing Lost and Found
Memoir
Biography
Disability
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Business
Entrepreneurship
Biography
Don't Worry, It Gets Worse
One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
Memoir
Humor
Self Help
Sober Mercies
How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk
Memoir
Christian
Biography
One Train Later
A Memoir
Music
Biography
Autobiography
Popper Selections
Philosophy
Science
Biography
Glory Days
The Bruce Springsteen Story
Music
Biography
History
Microbe Hunters
Science
History
Biology
Darwin and Evolution
Science
Evolution
Biography
Black Tooth Grin
The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
Music
Biography
Swedenborg
An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
Biography
Religion
Mysticism
Meaningful Work
A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
King David
The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel
Religion
History
Biography
No Cure for Being Human
And Other Truths I Need to Hear
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
The Prosecutor
Law
Memoir
Biography
Called Out
Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling
Biography
Memoir
Leadership
Incompleteness
The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Philosophy
Mathematics
Science
