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
Forgiveness
Memoir
Canada
Book Club
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
Memoir
Self Help
Humor
Yes, Chef
Memoir
Food
Biography
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Innovators
How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
History
Biography
Business
Recovery
Freedom from Our Addictions
Self Help
Psychology
Memoir
365 Thank Yous
The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life
Memoir
Self Help
Book Club
Free the Children
A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves that Children Can Change the World
Biography Memoir
Childrens
Social Justice
Private Equity
A Memoir
Memoir
Business
Biography
The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Memoir
Book Club
Biography
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
Everything I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Money
Memoir
Self Help
Finance
The Visionaries
Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
Philosophy
History
Biography
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Economics
Politics
History
The Fall of Heaven
The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
History
Iran
Politics
The Last Lecture
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Philosophy
Self Help
Biography
A Well-Trained Wife
My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
Sacred Hoops
SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Business
Biography
Memoir
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
History
Adventure
Travel
Stranger in the Shogun's City
A Japanese Woman and Her World
History
Japan
Biography
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
Business
Technology
History
Richard Dawkins
How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
Science
Biography
Biology
Hit Refresh
The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
Business
Biography
Technology
No Shortcuts to the Top
Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Mountaineering
Adventure
Biography
Paul
The Pagans' Apostle
Religion
History
Christianity
Living with the Himalayan Masters
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
History
Adventure
Biography
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
History
Business
Science
The Airbnb Story
How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
Winning
Business
Leadership
Management
I Forgot to Die
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Why I Am An Atheist
An Autobiographical Discourse
History
Philosophy
India
American Sniper
The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Biography
Military Fiction
History
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
Business
Biography
Technology
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Classics
Philosophy
Nature
Expecting Adam
A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
Memoir
Book Club
Parenting
Striking Thoughts
Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Self Help
A Quantum Life
My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
Memoir
Science
Biography
My Life And Work
Biography
Business
History
Adults in the Room
My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment
Politics
Economics
History
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
Politics
Biography
Memoir
50 People Every Christian Should Know
Learning from Spiritual Giants of the Faith
Biography
Christian
History
At the Existentialist Café
Philosophy
History
Biography
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
History
Russia
Politics
The Worldly Philosophers
Economics
Philosophy
History
Poverty Safari
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Consider This
Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
Writing
Memoir
Biography
