Uncover extraordinary lives with our list of the best biographies of all time. From historical figures to modern icons, discover the books that tell it all.

David G. Gitkov has invited readers on a journey spanning continents, seas, and decades in A Long, Long Watch: Volume II: The Sea: 1925 to 1946. This remarkable historical biography chronicles ...

The result is a sympathetic biography in so far as the writer puts himself dramatically in the place of Hutchinson ; it is also, though to less extent, a critical study of the character of the man ...

Biographies play an important role in studying the full story of past Americans by exploring their successes and how they reached their goals. Here are the five elements of an excellent biography ...

Twenty-five years and 94 issues later, Christian History & Biography still strives (as our mission statement says) "to explore the Christian heritage in a nonsectarian and warm-hearted spirit." ...

Why Biography? Why not wars or battles? Given that every event in history is shaped by people, biography is naturally the best way we have of understanding why those people made the decisions they ...

Dr Amanda Foreman gave the inaugural HarperCollins biography lecture, which explored the techniques and practices behind historical biographical research and writing as used in Georgiana, and in ...

Guha explained why he believes the biography, unlike novels, plays or poetry, is an underdeveloped genre in India-giving seven reasons why-and also gave the audience a few rules or 'laws' for ...