Books about Biography

Biography books describe the life of notable people: risk takers, scholars, entrepreneurs or adventurers.

'Orientalist Jones': Sir William Jones, Poet, Lawyer, and Linguist, 1746-1794
Michael J. Franklin
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1808: The Flight of the Emperor: How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World
Laurentino Gomes
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Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life
Sarah Kaminsky
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Agricola
Tacitus
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Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Paula Findlen
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Avicenna
Lenn E. Goodman
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Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian
David Alan Parnell
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Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns
Owen Connelly
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Bonaparte: 1769–1802
Patrice Gueniffey
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Camillo Sitte and the Birth of Modern City Planning
Goerge R. Collins & Christiane Crasemann Collins
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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
Andrew Graham-Dixon
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Carl Friedrich Gauss: A Biography
Tord Hall
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Daughter of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
Georgina Howell
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Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
Robert K Massie
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Eleni
Nicholas Gage
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
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Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
Nancy Forbes & Basil Mahon
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Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress
Jessica Hooten Wilson
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Genius in Disguise: Harold Ross of The New Yorker
Thomas Kunkel
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Gregory the Great and his World
R. A. Markus
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Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System
Jacob Soll
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Jonas Salk: A Life
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
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Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Leonard Warren
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Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
Peter Sarris
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Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
Greg Grandin
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Life of Mashtots
Koryun
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Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425): A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult
Siren Celik
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
Giles Milton
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Paracelsus: An Alchemical Life
Bruce T. Moran
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Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordon
Katherine Frank
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Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius: The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci
Avril Pyman
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Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
Gary Weiss
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Semmelweis
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier
Raleigh Trevelyan
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Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Katherine Rundell
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein
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The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World
Maya Jasanoff
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The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?
Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado
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The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union
Loren Graham
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
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The Life of St. Anthony
Athanasius of Alexandria
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The Lives of the Artists
Giorgo Vasari
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The Lives of the Monks of Palestine
Cyril of Scythopolis
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The Mafia Encyclopedia
Carl Sifakis
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Simon Winchester
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The Meaning of Hitler
Sebastian Haffner
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The Pillow Book
Sei Shonagon
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert Caro
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester
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The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century
Alan Brinkley
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The Seventh Letter: A Philosophical Mystery at Plato's Academy
Mihai Iuliu Spariosu
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The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God
Massimo Mazzotti
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Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
Hans-Ulrich Wiemer
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Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds
Natalie Zemon Davis
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Wallenstein, His Life Narrated
Golo Mann
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Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
David Edmonds & John Eidinow
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Books about Biography

'Orientalist Jones': Sir William Jones, Poet, Lawyer, and Linguist, 1746-1794

1808: The Flight of the Emperor: How a Weak Prince, a Mad Queen, and the British Navy Tricked Napoleon and Changed the New World

Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life

Agricola

Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything

Avicenna

Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian

Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns

Bonaparte: 1769–1802

Camillo Sitte and the Birth of Modern City Planning

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

Carl Friedrich Gauss: A Biography

Daughter of the Desert: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell

Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War

Eleni

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Facundo: or Civilization and Barbarism

Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics

Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress

Genius in Disguise: Harold Ross of The New Yorker

Gregory the Great and his World

Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System

Jonas Salk: A Life

Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman

Life of Mashtots

Manuel II Palaiologos (1350-1425): A Byzantine Emperor in a Time of Tumult

Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

Paracelsus: An Alchemical Life

Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordon

Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius: The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci

Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

Semmelweis

Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a True and Vivid Account of the Life and Times of the Explorer, Soldier, Scholar, Poet, and Courtier

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World

The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?

The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union

The Life of Samuel Johnson

The Life of St. Anthony

The Lives of the Artists

The Lives of the Monks of Palestine

The Mafia Encyclopedia

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

The Meaning of Hitler

The Pillow Book

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century

The Seventh Letter: A Philosophical Mystery at Plato's Academy

The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God

Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds

Wallenstein, His Life Narrated

Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers