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
A Lab of One's Own
One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science
Science
Feminism
Memoir
Everything in Its Place
First Loves and Last Tales
Science
Essays
Memoir
Not Quite What I Was Planning
Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
More Than Enough
Claiming Space for Who You Are
Memoir
Self Help
Biography
Iacocca
An Autobiography
Biography
Business
Autobiography
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Jew[ish]
Memoir
Religion
Biography
Boundless
The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn
Business
Biography
History
Health and Safety
A Breakdown
Memoir
Music
Biography Memoir
Friday Night Lights
Sports
Football
History
Hitler's Cross
The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ was Used as a symbol of the Nazi Agenda
History
Christian
World War II
Zero Regrets
Be Greater Than Yesterday
Biography
Sports
Autobiography
Go For the Goal
A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life
Sports
Soccer
Autobiography
Poser
My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
My Autobiography
Biography
Film
Autobiography
American Wife
Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
Biography
Memoir
Military Fiction
Memoirs
Memoir
Biography
Poetry
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life
Music
Theatre
Self Help
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption—from South Central to Hollywood
Biography
Music
Memoir
Capital Gaines
Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff
Biography
Memoir
Business
Hot Seat
Business
Leadership
Biography
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
Memoir
Humor
Comedy
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
Education
Science
Biography
Wealth and Power
China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
China
History
Politics
Supreme Commander
MacArthur's Triumph in Japan
History
Biography
Japan
Poster Child
A Memoir
Memoir
Disability
Biography Memoir
Eichmann in My Hands
A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
History
Holocaust
Memoir
We Are the Change We Seek
The Speeches of Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
Fitness Confidential
Fitness
Health
Memoir
You Are an Ironman
How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon
Sports
Fitness
Biography
In Good Company
The Fast Track from the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience
Religion
Spirituality
Biography
Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy
And Other Rules to Live By
Comedy
Humor
Politics
The Wives
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
Military Fiction
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
Biography
Memoir
African American
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Life Lessons from Teaching
Education
Teaching
Humor
The Great Guide
What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well
Philosophy
Biography
Self Help
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
History
European History
Biography
The Boy Who Could Change the World
The Writings of Aaron Swartz
Biography
Politics
Essays
The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
A Memoir of Three Continents, Two Friends, and One Unexpected Adventure
Travel
Memoir
Adventure
Homage to Catalonia
History
Politics
Classics
Before I Forget
Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's
Biography
Health
Memoir
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Philosophy
History
Psychology
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
In Defense of Open Society
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Steve Jobs
Thinking Differently
Biography
Business
Biography Memoir
Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
Science
Medicine
Medical
Confidence Man
The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Politics
Biography
History
How to Think Like Bill Gates
Biography
Business
Barbarian Days
A Surfing Life
Memoir
Biography
Travel
Autobiography of Mark Twain
Volume 1, Reader's Edition
Biography
Autobiography
History
Home
A Memoir of My Early Years
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
