Biography & Autobiography Books

Winged History: The Life and Times of Kenneth L. Chastain, Aviator, Updated Edition is a must read for anyone interested in 20th century American ...

Now a Tony-nominated Broadway musical that played at the Nederlander Theatre starring two-time Tony Award winners Patti LuPone (Evita, Gypsy) as He...

Walter Payton was arguably the greatest running back in the history of professional football. A star for the Chicago Bears from 1974 to 1987, Payto...

An unflinching look at the rise of one of the most recognizable names in pop music -The Police The Police have sold more than 50 million albums, m...

Praise for Upton Sinclair and the other American Century "I look forward to all of Kevin Mattson's works of history and I've not been disappointe...

Advance Praise for The Unexpected George Washington   "This is a biography that unquestionably lives up to its title. Readers will discover numero...

The eagerly awaited second volume of Paul Robeson Jr.'s acclaimed biography of his father, the legendary singer, actor, and social activist. The g...

Power, pageantry, and pride Queen Victoria ruled the most powerful empire the world has ever seen, covering one fourth of the earth's land surface,...

Triumph of Hope: From Theresienstadt and Auschwitz to Israel Now available in English, here is the award-winning and internationally acclaimed tes...

A Gripping Survivor Story of one Family's Flight from Burma During the Japanese Invasion "As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to ...

Originally published in 1898, Thomas Jefferson a classic biography of the man who so deeply ingrained the republican ideals of the Founding Fathers...

A printed summary of the twelve destroyers of the Allen M. Sumner class, all completed as light minelayers during 1944. The author served on Thomas...

When the American forces in the Philippines surrendered in May 1942, a mining engineer named Wendell Fertig chose to take his chances in the jungle...

Terri's Story provides the background and depth missing in most of the national news coverage of the battle to save Terri Schiavo's life.

The amazing story of Sgt. John Boyd's survival as a POW in a Notorious Japanese prison camp. August 1943... T. Sgt John Boyd, from the small wester...

"The inspiring story of how one woman gave back.""--Ed Bradley"This is a heartwarming story about struggle, survival, and achievement. If we didn't...

America’s most irascible and hilarious curmudgeon turns a kind and benevolent eye toward brave, hardy, and hardworking souls around the country who...

The strike of 1994 took a lot out of Major League Baseball. For the first time, a World Series was cancelled, something that hadn't even happened d...

This moving biography of Wilberforce tells the story of his religious conversion in 1784 and his rise to leadership of the Clapham Sect - a group o...

Selig Harry Lefkowitz, alias Big Jack Zelig, was New York's first great gangster boss. Like many of his pre-Volstead contemporaries, his historic i...

As one of the most brilliant and creative minds of the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis crosses over all literary, philosophical, and religious bound...

"From the moment I met Soraya I knew she was a winner, an amazingly talented and beautiful woman with something very special. Her total dedication ...

A brilliant portrait of a beloved and controversial figure in twentieth-century spirituality. Simone Weil (1...

An authoritative, accessible overview of history's greatest literary figureThe great dramatist Ben Jonson wrote that William Shakespeare "was not o...