Biographies have always been controversial. On his deathbed, the novelist Henry James told his nephew that his “sole wish” was to “frustrate as utterly as possible the postmortem exploiter” by ...

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When kids are at a loss for what to read, I often find myself pushing them toward the biography section. We like stories about people and a biography can draw us further into a favorite subject. As I ...

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Most business owners read the occasional how-to business book, but sometimes a biography of someone successful can be just what you need for motivation and inspiration. After all, those people ...

Why do only famous people have biographies? This is the question that two young sisters,7-year-old Aishvarya, and 11-year-old Vaishali, asked their parents. They were reading biographies in school and ...