biography

As Dolly Parton celebrates her 80th birthday and a new “Dolly Parton Day,” a new biography by Martha Ackmann looks back at the star’s rise from poverty to philanthropy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

He headed a unit conducting operations behind enemy lines in Chernobyl after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, and participated in many battles in eastern Ukraine, according to his official biography.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

In exchange, James and his business partner Maverick Carter were given a 2% stake in Liverpool, according to “LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete,” a biography written by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Or a new generation of candidates – tattooed veterans, mechanics, bartenders – whose biography is supposed to do the political work that policy has not.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

The Tipping Point is the biography of an idea, and the idea is very simple.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

In between the book’s linked stories, Ms. Daanje inserts excerpts from those scant archives—Millicent’s letters, the poems and cryptic jottings from Eliza May’s notebooks—as well as passages from various later biographies of the Draydens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

He published a number of autobiographical books, as well as biographies of John Wesley and William and Catherine Booth, the founders of the Salvation Army.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Kirby likes to read biographies of Churchill, Lincoln and Patton—and several decades of transcripts from rivals’ earnings calls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Like a diplomatic training camp, the King will be currently prepping for the trip, going through embassy briefs, reading histories and biographies, getting all the details of his engagements.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

I began reading their biographies to find out what, if anything, in their lives had influenced their music.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane