This picture book biography is the latest in a celebrated series, rooting adult successes in childhood lessons. Growing up, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry struggled in school; he failed his Naval Academy entrance exams and found little career... Read More

The life and work of a movie star and fashion icon are recounted in Michele Botton’s graphic biography "Audrey Hepburn". Hepburn was known for her films and sense of style, but the book reveals that there was much more to her.... Read More

"Malcolm Before X" focuses on the early years of Malcolm X’s life and the experiences that shaped the man he became. Though its biographical portions cover only the first twenty-seven years of Malcolm’s life, the book spans decades,... Read More

Measuring facts against fictions, the literary criticism–based biography "Mr. Poe and Dr. Moran" busts myths about Poe’s lifestyle and places his legacy in the context of US history. Dwight Thomas’s biographical inquiry "Mr. Poe... Read More

Moving at the engrossing pace of a novel, "Caught in the Turmoil of History" is an illuminating family biography. With a timeline sprawling from the late nineteenth century to the Cold War, Ivana Caccia and Maroje Mihovilović’s... Read More

With its vibrant and bespoke images, "Edithe Beutler" is an eye-catching biographical art book. C. J. Cook and Robert L. Harned’s conscientious biography of an artist who made the South Pacific her home, "Edithe Beutler", traces the... Read More

Tim Newby’s biography of forgotten baseball great Pete Browning, whose Louisville Slugger nickname inspired the bat brand, recounts his athletic feats and troubled life. The repeat batting champion was one of the greatest hitters... Read More

Tim Allis’s fascinating biography of American fashion and retail pioneer Henri Bendel, inventor of the clearance sale, asserts that much of what is taken for granted in modern retail can be attributed to Bendel, whose in-store fashion... Read More