Biography: general books

The much-dissected Pew Research Center study of 2013, ""A Portrait of Jewish Americans,"" revealed that most U.S....  Read More >>

I Live You For Ever is a candid and penetrating memoir chronicling Meredith Rutter Marple's nine-year journey caring...  Read More >>

I Live You For Ever is a candid and penetrating memoir chronicling Meredith Rutter Marple's nine-year journey caring...  Read More >>

An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr...  Read More >>

An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr...  Read More >>

Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner's life, influences, gift...  Read More >>

Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner's life, influences, gift...  Read More >>

This revelatory biography persuasively addresses the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer: why did he paint...  Read More >>

This revelatory biography persuasively addresses the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer: why did he paint...  Read More >>

For so many people who were enduring the trauma of the years of drastic change after the Second Vatican Council,...  Read More >>

For so many people who were enduring the trauma of the years of drastic change after the Second Vatican Council,...  Read More >>

""There's a small chance it might not be cancer."" Encouraging or not, these words started a journey no one...  Read More >>

""There's a small chance it might not be cancer."" Encouraging or not, these words started a journey no one...  Read More >>

What if history's greatest communicator learned his skills the same way you can? For two millennia, we've assumed...  Read More >>

Uncover the life and works of Arthur Schnitzler, a pioneering modernist writer whose unflinching examination of...  Read More >>

""Diana Sands was a comet. Brilliant, singular, and gone far too soon. In her short time with us, she left a body...  Read More >>

""Diana Sands was a comet. Brilliant, singular, and gone far too soon. In her short time with us, she left a body...  Read More >>

What if history's greatest communicator learned his skills the same way you can? For two millennia, we've assumed...  Read More >>

An uproariously entertaining journey through the oddball adventures and infinite wisdom of Joe's travels. Each page...  Read More >>

""Angélique's story reminds us that the world advances when talent is welcomed, safety is prioritized, and doors...  Read More >>

""Angélique's story reminds us that the world advances when talent is welcomed, safety is prioritized, and doors...  Read More >>

Is the world broken, or are we just listening to the wrong leaders? From backpacking across 1970s Europe to reporting...  Read More >>

In the heart of Washington's media realm, a single technician at The Voice of America wages a quiet rebellion amidst...  Read More >>

In the heart of Washington's media realm, a single technician at The Voice of America wages a quiet rebellion amidst...  Read More >>

From telling off a principal to a mutiny in the British army, from building a castle from a dream to visualizing...  Read More >>