Biographies & Autobiographies books

A Path Lit by Stars collects 80 vignettes-elegies and dishes of the famous-paired with photographs, detailing encounters...  Read More >>

""Sasha Wakefield intertwines the life and legacy of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594-1651) with her own personal...  Read More >>

Zhou Enlai, China’s first premier, is overshadowed by Mao, but Zhou’s influence in his own time and since has been...  Read More >>

Writing in the Flesh confronts the struggle of writing the self, recounting Waugh’s transitions and transformations...  Read More >>

""One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82 1226) was revered as a miracle...  Read More >>

The unofficial history of Australia's national day since the first contentious one, thereby offering 237 other reasons...  Read More >>

Born just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable...  Read More >>

My Quiet War is a deeply personal memoir of faith, resilience, and service, chronicling a Navy veteran's two-decade...  Read More >>

One part Educated, one part rebuttal to Hillbilly Elegy, On Fire for God explores the ways evangelical Christianity...  Read More >>

The first major biography on artist Louise Bourgeois brings the life and work of an iconic twentieth-century artist...  Read More >>

Born in Philadelphia in 1879, Ethel Barrymore would eventually prove herself a vital actor who was suited to radio,...  Read More >>

With You in the Moment is a heartfelt memoir about one family's experience of dementia, told with warmth, honesty,...  Read More >>

A reminder that every experience of lockdown was uniquely human and we don’t all see the world the same way  Read More >>

A Heart for China is a fascinating account of Hudson Taylor's main supporter, Benjamin Broomhall.     Read More >>

Corruption doesn't happen by accident. It's groomed to exist. Inside the death fences of a maximum security prison,...  Read More >>

This book addresses multiple issues in recovery from addiction, childhood trauma, and family dysfunction in the...  Read More >>

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A writer's odyssey walking the Bowie heartlands, peeling back the layers of understanding about his hero.  Read More >>

An entertaining and enchanting graphic novel telling the story of Coco Chanel - from lowly seamstress to fashion...  Read More >>

""Heart-pounding, illuminating, and ominously timeless"" (Gina Frangello), this honest and poignant memoir reflects...  Read More >>