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
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
History
American History
New York
The Giant Killer
The shocking true story of a homeless war hero, hidden spy and his eterrnal vow to the woman he loved.
Military Fiction
History
Biography
The Way of the Champion
Pain, Persistence, and the Path Forward
Sports
Biography
Self Help
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
Memoir
China
Biography
On Writing
Writing
Classics
Literature
Jerusalem
The Biography
History
Religion
Biography
Inside Steve's Brain
Biography
Business
Apple
The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
Religion
Memoir
Biography
I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss
Business
Crime
Biography
Mao's America
A Survivor’s Warning
Politics
History
China
The Bezos Letters
14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Defining Moments
God-Encounters with Ordinary People Who Changed the World (Spiritual Biographies of John Wesley, Charles G. Finney, Dwight L. Moody, ... Kathryn Kuhlman, Heidi Baker, and More
Christian
Spirituality
Biography
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
History
Biography
Science
Factory Man
How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Business
History
Biography
Chasing Chaos
My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
Memoir
Travel
Africa
Coach K
The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
Sports
Basketball
Biography
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
Business
Biography
Technology
The Rise
Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality
Sports
Biography
Basketball
Spies in the Family
An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
History
Memoir
Espionage
Keynes
A Very Short Introduction
Economics
Biography
History
A Game Plan for Life
The Power of Mentoring
Leadership
Sports
Business
How Life Works
A User’s Guide to the New Biology
Science
Biology
Nature
The Dark Side of the Mind
True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Choosing to Run
A Memoir
Memoir
Sports
Biography
Fighter Pilot
The Memoirs Of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Biography
Aviation
History
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain Transformation
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Zig
The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar
Biography
Business
Autobiography
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
Chess
History
Games
Like a Virgin
Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
I Can't Make This Up
Life Lessons
Biography
Humor
Memoir
Providence
The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest
Biography
Philosophy
Memoir
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
Memoir
Indigenous
Biography
How Stella Learned to Talk
The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
Animals
Dogs
Science
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
Biography
Business
Memoir
The Special One
The Dark Side of Jose Mourinho
Football
Sports
Biography
Cleopatra
The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
History
Biography
Egypt
Long Walk to Freedom
Biography
History
Memoir
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Biography
History
Start, Stay, or Leave
The Art of Decision Making
Self Help
Politics
Business
Love Without Limits
A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All
Christian
Biography
Inspirational
Brothers
Music
Biography
Memoir
Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
History
Biography
Travel
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
History
Politics
Memoir
No Impact Man
Environment
Memoir
Sustainability
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
History
Science
Biography
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
History
Biography
Politics
The Beauty of Dusk
Memoir
Biography
Medical
India’s Railway Man
A Biography of E. Sreedharan
Biography
History
Engineering
Every Tool's a Hammer
Life Is What You Make It
Biography
Memoir
Science
One Click
Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
Business
Biography
Technology
