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Tag: Biography Memoir

Tim Cook Apple biography
May 1, 2025 Apple / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Business / GENRE / Leadership / Leander Kahney / Management / Memoir / Nonfiction / Technology

Book Review: Tim Cook Apple Biography — A Quiet Leader Who Transformed a Tech Giant

Tim Cook Apple biography reveals how he led Apple to new heights with quiet strength, bold moves, and strong values.

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Blind Ambition
July 18, 2024 American History / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Crime / GENRE / History / John W. Dean / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics / Presidents / True Crime

Blind Ambition: The White House Years by John W. Dean

“Blind Ambition: The White House Years” is an autobiographical account by John W. Dean, who served as White House Counsel for U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973.

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iCon Steve Jobs
June 21, 2024 Apple / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Business / Computers / GENRE / History / Jeffrey S. Young / Leadership / Management / Nonfiction / Technology / William L. Simon

iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by Jeffrey S. Young , William L. Simon

“iCon Steve Jobs” is a captivating biography that explores the life and career of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc.

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The Man Who Would Be King
April 9, 2024 19th Century / Adventure / American / Asia / AUTHOR / Ben Macintyre / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Travel / World History

The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan by Ben Macintyre

The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre is an account of the life and adventures of Josiah Harlan, an American explorer.

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Michael Collins
April 2, 2024 AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / European History / GENRE / Historical / History / Ireland / Irish Literature / Nonfiction / Politics / Tim Pat Coogan / War

Michael Collins : The Man Who Made Ireland by Tim Pat Coogan

“Michael Collins” is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life and legacy of one of Ireland’s most influential figures.

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Spymaster
January 20, 2024 American History / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / History / Memoir / Nonfiction / Oleg Kalugin / Politics / Russia

Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West by Oleg Kalugin

“Spymaster” by Oleg Kalugin is a gripping memoir that offers an insider’s account of his thirty-two years in intelligence and espionage against the West.

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The Wise Men
January 19, 2024 American History / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Business / GENRE / History / Leadership / Nonfiction / Politics / The United States Of America / Walter Isaacson / World War II

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made by Walter Isaacson

The Wise Men explores the lives of six influential individuals who played a role in shaping American foreign policy after World War II.

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Fresh Off The Boat
January 18, 2024 Asian Literature / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Eddie Huang / Food / GENRE / Humor / Memoir / Nonfiction / Race

Fresh Off The Boat by Eddie Huang

Fresh Off The Boat by Eddie Huang,is a that memoir explores Huang’s childhood and experiences growing up as a Taiwanese-American in the USA.

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Leonardo da Vinci
January 12, 2024 Art / Art History / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / Historical / History / Italy / Nonfiction / Science / Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci is a biography that skillfully unveils the complex life and extraordinary mind of the quintessential Renaissance polymath.

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biography of Steve Jobs
January 6, 2024 Alan Deutschman / Apple / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Business / Computers / Entrepreneurship / GENRE / Nonfiction / Technology

The Second Coming of Steve Jobs by Alan Deutschman

The book is a biography of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer and NeXT Computer, who was at the time in the midst of his second comeback as CEO of Apple.

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Spy Catcher
October 25, 2023 AUTHOR / Autobiography / Banned Books / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / History / Memoir / Nonfiction / Peter Wright / Politics / War

Spy Catcher Book Review: A Gripping Account of Cold War Espionage

Spy Catcher book review exploring Peter Wright’s gripping MI5 memoir, revealing Cold War espionage and Soviet infiltration.

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Guy Burgess Cambridge Spy Ring
October 20, 2023 Andrew Lownie / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / British Literature / Espionage / GENRE / Historical / History / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia

Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Spy Ring: A Betrayal That Shaped the Cold War

“Stalin’s Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring,” unravels the life of one of the most notorious spies in British history.

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Spy Among Friends
October 18, 2023 Audiobook / AUTHOR / Ben Macintyre / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / Historical / History / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia / War

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

“A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal” by Ben Macintyre is a riveting exploration of one of the most shocking betrayals in the history of intelligence operations.

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Dear Leader
October 16, 2023 Asia / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / Historical / History / Jang Jin-sung / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics

Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee – A Look Inside North Korea by Jang Jin-sung

Dear Leader by Jang Jin-sung embarks on an extraordinary odyssey through one of the world’s most secretive and repressive regimes.

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Steve Jobs
September 27, 2023 Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Business / GENRE / History / Leadership / Memoir / Nonfiction / Technology / Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson did a good job with his biography on Steve Jobs. It covered the great, good, bad and ugly of Steve Jobs.

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Pablo Escobar book
September 19, 2023 AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Crime / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Shaun Attwood / True Crime

Pablo Escobar Book Review: Shaun Attwood’s Gripping Look at the Cocaine Kingpin

Pablo Escobar book summary and review of Shaun Attwood’s true crime story about the rise and fall of the Medellín cartel.

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It's Not About the Bike
September 15, 2023 AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / CYCLING / Cycling / GENRE / Health / Inspirational / Lance Armstrong / Memoir / Nonfiction / Sports / SPORTS / Survival

It’s Not About the Bike : My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong’s memoir, “It’s Not About the Bike,” is a testament to the indomitable human spirit and the power of resilience.

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