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
In the Plex
How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Business
Technology
History
Once Upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
History
Russia
Politics
That Will Never Work
The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Business
Biography
Technology
Shoe Dog
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Business
Biography
Memoir
Elon Musk
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Biography
Business
Science
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition
Biography
Technology
Business
The Heart of a Woman
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Steve Jobs
Biography
Business
Technology
Steve Jobs
Edición en Español (Spanish Edition)
Biography
Business
Technology
Steve Jobs
Biography
Business
Technology
Inside Steve's Brain
Biography
Business
Apple
iWoz
Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
Biography
Technology
Business
Based on a True Story
A Memoir
Humor
Comedy
Biography
Troublemakers
Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
History
Technology
Business
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
Business
Technology
Biography
University of Berkshire Hathaway
30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting
Finance
Business
Economics
Dog Medicine
How My Dog Saved Me from Myself
Memoir
Animals
Dogs
Sisters in Law
How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
History
Biography
Feminism
The Happiest Man on Earth
Biography
Memoir
History
Inferno
A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
Memoir
Mental Health
Psychology
Masters of Doom
How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
Biography
History
Video Games
A Higher Loyalty
Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Creativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Business
Leadership
Biography
Dr. Deming
The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality
Business
Management
Leadership
Tantric Quest
An Encounter with Absolute Love
Spirituality
Sexuality
Hinduism
How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
The Secrets of Good Communication
Self Help
Communication
Business
Mother Tongue
My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish
Travel
Memoir
Language
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
History
Asia
Biography
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
Biography
Memoir
Business
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
Biography
Business
Finance
Way of the Wolf
Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success
Business
Self Help
Psychology
The Blink of an Eye
A Memoir of Dying—and Learning How to Live Again
Memoir
Biography
Medical
Founders at Work
Stories of Startups' Early Days
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Psychology
Memoir
Self Help
Banker to the Poor
The Story of the Grameen Bank
Economics
Business
Finance
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition
My Life with Autism
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Memoir
Psychology
Leadership
History
Leadership
Biography
Balancing Heaven and Earth
A Memoir
Psychology
Memoir
Spirituality
Excellence Wins
A No-Nonsense Guide to Becoming the Best in a World of Compromise
Business
Leadership
Personal Development
In Search of Memory
The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
A Memoir
Memoir
Humor
Biography
Market Wizards, Updated
Interviews with Top Traders
Finance
Business
Economics
Buckley
William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
History
Biography
Politics
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
History
Biography
Ancient History
Hatching Twitter
A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
Business
Technology
Biography
Getting to Us
How Great Coaches Make Great Teams
Sports
Leadership
Basketball
Lost and Founder
A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
The Score Takes Care of Itself
My Philosophy of Leadership
Leadership
Business
Sports
The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs
250 Quotes from the Innovator Who Changed the World
Business
Biography
Self Help