Biography & Autobiography Books

"Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." —Robert E. Lee The southern generals of the Civil War spoke of...

Amazingly, Ulysses S. Grant seemingly failed at everything he did before the war, yet he became a successful leader of men in wartime and later pre...

May I Quote You, General Forrest? is a collection of quotations from Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate general whose innovative tactics set ...

Jack Massey is one of the unsung heroes of American business. To this day he is the only person ever to take three companies to the New York Stock ...

The internationally acclaimed, widely beloved flutist reflects on his storied career Sir James Galway is one of the top musicians of our time, wit...

George "Bugs" Moran was the last of Chicago's spectacular North Side gang leaders, a colorful and violent dynasty that began with Dean O'Banion in...

An intimate biography of one of the greatest social and religious reformers of the modern world."Gandhi's work in nonviolence was comprehensive and...

In a career of more than fifty years--spanning the Golden Era from 1926 to 1976--Hollywood icon John Wayne created a treasure trove of movies. Toda...

The opinions of CSM G.P Kotzur, USA (retired) on different subjects. 

The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led ZeppelinWith Robert Plant on lead vocal and Jimmy Page on guitar, Led Zeppeli...

In this thoughtful, balanced biography, former Los Angeles Times foreign and diplomatic correspondent Stanley Meisler traces Kofi Annan’s unconvent...

Many have said Johnny Unitas was the best quarterback who ever played the game. No less an authority than Sports Illustrated thinks so. In a 2002 ...

Even today, 29 years after retiring from coaching basketball at UCLA, John Wooden remains America's Coach. John Wooden: An American Treasure is t...

JFK and Sam is unique from other books on the Kennedy assassination. Written by an insider with access to key figures, it names the assassins and ...

"An extraordinary book . . . invitingly written and brisk." —Chicago Tribune"Perhaps no one has ever told the tale [of Robinson's arrival in the ma...

"Very little of my backstory qualifies as Hallmark Card material, but it may help you to make sense of the way I see and interpret what's going on ...

Author Stephen Cox and pop culture critic Kevin Marhanka have joined forces to present the complete film works of comedian Don Knotts in The Incred...

"Penetrating . . . beautifully rounds out and humanizes the character of the greatest statesman of the twentieth century." —San Francisco Chronicle...

The Bush administration's drive to politicize the Justice Department reached a new low with the wrongful firing of seven U.S. Attorneys in late 200...

An Ernest Hemingway Biography Like No Other“...illuminates his life and works in ways not seen before.” —Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award winner a...

While many have heard the music of Johnny Cash, few know the whole story behind his extraordinary career and the stories of those who helped him at...

The only entertainer besides Elvis Presley to be inducted into both the Country Music and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, Johnny Cash touched the live...

I Remember Walter Payton, by Mike Towle, is filled with personal recollections of the people who knew NFL All-Pro Walter Payton best. Dozens of hi...

Of all the great National Football League coaches, none have earned the level of respect and reputation that Vince Lombardi merited during his tenu...