Biography
Real lives unfold on these pages as visionaries, leaders, and extraordinary individuals share their triumphs, struggles, and deepest wisdom. Through intimate portraits and candid reflections, these personal stories illuminate the human spirit while offering powerful insights into success, resilience, and the pursuit of meaning.
Biography Book Summaries
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
Biography
History
Middle Grade
Kundalini
The Evolutionary Energy in Man
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
History
Biography
Military Fiction
Scar Tissue
Music
Biography
Memoir
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
Sex Object
A Memoir
Feminism
Memoir
Biography
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
History
Biography
Historical
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
History
France
Biography
Between Two Kingdoms
A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
The Bond King
How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
Finance
Business
Biography
Made in Japan
Akio Morita and Sony
Business
Biography
Japan
How to Be Alone
If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
Memoir
Self Help
Essays
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
History
Biography
Business
John D. Rockefeller on Making Money
Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
Business
Biography
Finance
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography
History
Autobiography
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Science
Biology
Textbooks
The Education of a Value Investor
My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment
Finance
Business
Economics
Life and Death in Shanghai
China
History
Memoir
Defenders of the West
The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam
History
Christianity
Religion
Timothy Keller
His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
Biography
Christian
Theology
The Road to Character
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
What It Takes
Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Business
Biography
Finance
Meet the Frugalwoods
Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living
Finance
Memoir
Personal Finance
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
Science
Physics
Biography
Godless
How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
Catch Me If You Can
The True Story of a Real Fake
Biography
Memoir
True Crime
Son of Hamas
A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Biography
History
Memoir
Dying to Be Me
My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing
Spirituality
Memoir
Biography
Going Infinite
The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Business
Biography
Finance
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
Biography
Memoir
Humor
Atatürk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
History
Biography
Politics
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Biography
Medicine
Book Club
The Art of Power
My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
Politics
Memoir
Biography
American Sketches
Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Biography
History
Politics
The Journal of Best Practices
A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband
Memoir
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
On Sparta
History
Classics
Ancient History
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
Onward
How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Business
Biography
Leadership
Ecce Homo
Philosophy
Classics
Biography
Tantric Quest
An Encounter with Absolute Love
Spirituality
Sexuality
Hinduism
Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Martial Arts
Philosophy
Biography
King of Capital
The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
Business
Finance
Biography
Furiously Happy
A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Memoir
Mental Health
Biography
Jony Ive
The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
Biography
Design
Business
Alexander Hamilton
History
Biography
American History
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
History
Biography
Politics
Steve Jobs
Biography
Business
Technology
Forgiveness
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
