Biography
Title: Inspired, Not Retired: Leadership Lessons from Father to Son Author: Dr. Burl W. Randolph Jr. Genre: Biography In Inspired, Not Retired, Dr. Burl Randolph Jr. combines leadership insights taken from a military career spanning three decades, with guiding principles that he learned from his father, and packages them … Read more
Elon Muskby Walter Isaacson688 pagesSimon & SchusterPublished: Sept 2023 “Elon Musk” is Walter Isaacson’s long-anticipated biography of the mercurial entrepreneur behind SpaceX, Tesla and, most recently, the website formerly known as Twitter. Isaacson is an author, journalist and professor at Tulane University who has written popular biographies of Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Leonardo … Read more
Milton Friedman: The Last Conservativeby Jennifer Burns592 pagesFarrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: Nov 2023 Recently released, Jennifer Burns’s “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative” is the most significant biography of Friedman ever published. Burns is an associate professor of history at Stanford and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is also the author of “Goddess … Read more
Elizabeth Taylor, she wasn’t. Nor was she the Cleopatra of Shakespeare’s imagination, or of Plutarch’s. Cleopatra was, simply put, one of the ablest and most powerful women in history. She ruled unchallenged the richest kingdom of the Western world for more than two decades. In this extraordinary work of historic reconstruction, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy … Read more
Going Crazy (Left Foot, Right Foot, Breathe), by Tim James, offers an introspective journey through his life, chronicled with raw honesty and engaging storytelling. Born and raised in Nashville, James’s transition to Los Angeles marks a significant chapter in his life, where he explores a variety of careers, including acting, before finding his true calling … Read more
Title: Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: The Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolph Hitler into Power Author: Marcus A. Nannini Genre: Biography Midnight Flight to Nuremberg: The Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolph Hitler into Power follows First Lieutenant Harry E. Watson Jr., a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during … Read more
Milton Friedman: The Last Conservativeby Jennifer Burns592 pagesFarrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: Nov 2023 Released two weeks ago, Jennifer Burns’s “Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative” is the most significant biography of Friedman ever published. Burns is an associate professor of history at Stanford and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is also the author … Read more
Published in 2022, Jeffrey Frank’s “The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953” offers a detailed review of Truman’s presidency. Frank has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker and is the author of “Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage.” … Read more
Chances are, you’ve never heard of the guy who was famously called America’s Banana King. But if you’re not aware of some of the things he’s done, you’ll never be a big winner on Jeopardy or pass an AP test in modern world history. Just for example, he was the guy who engineered the CIA-led … Read more
Native to South America’s wetlands, the Capybara is celebrated as the world’s largest rodent and revered for its gentle demeanor. Yet, behind its cuddly reputation lies a remarkable connection to an ancient behemoth of the rodent world. The Surprising Link between Modern-Day Capybaras and Prehistoric Giants Capybaras are excellent swimmers and can often be found … Read more