Because if we can't learn from experience, we can at least learn from the experiences of other people! Bookstores and libraries practically bend with biographies as a result of this total truism, although some quite obviously have just a little more to offer the world than a few of their shelfmates! Whether because of some deep digging into history and culture, staggering insight into the human condition, or laughter and great storytelling — or, obviously, some combination thereof — the following stand as a primer on the biographies and autobiographies with plenty of content to keep minds engaged. Use them as a launching point to read about even more men and women you might find fascinating!
Chapter 1. Abraham Lincoln
-Chapter 2. George Washington
-Chapter 3. John F. Kennedy
-Chapter 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Chapter 5. Thomas Jefferson
-Chapter 6. John Adams
-Chapter 7. Benjamin Franklin
-Chapter 8. Christopher Columbus
-Chapter 9. Neil Armstrong
-Chapter 10. Marco Polo
-Chapter 11. Mohandas Gandhi
Chapter 12. Martin Luther King, Jr
-Chapter 13. Rosa Parks
-Chapter 14. Mother Theresa
-Chapter 15. Alexander the Great
-Chapter 16. Augustus
-Chapter 17. Napoleon Bonaparte
-Chapter 18. Leonid Brezhnev
-Chapter 19. Julius Caesar
-Chapter 20. Fidel Castro
-Chapter 21. Charlemagne
-Chapter 22. Winston Churchill
-Chapter 23. Cleopatra VII
-Chapter 24. Constantine the Great
-Chapter 25. Cyrus the Great
-Chapter 26.. Jefferson Davis
-Chapter 27. Queen Elizabeth I
Chapter 28. Hatshepsut
-Chapter 29. Genghis Khan
-Chapter 30. Hammurabi
-Chapter 31. Mikhail Gorbachev
-Chapter 32. Adolf Hitler
-Chapter 33. King Henry VIII
-Chapter 34. Joan Of Arc
-Chapter 17. Napoleon Bonaparte
-Chapter 18. Leonid Brezhnev
-Chapter 19. Julius Caesar
-Chapter 20. Fidel Castro
-Chapter 21. Charlemagne
-Chapter 22. Winston Churchill
-Chapter 23. Cleopatra VII
-Chapter 24. Constantine the Great
-Chapter 25. Cyrus the Great
-Chapter 26.. Jefferson Davis
-Chapter 27. Queen Elizabeth I
Chapter 28. Hatshepsut
-Chapter 29. Genghis Khan
-Chapter 30. Hammurabi
-Chapter 31. Mikhail Gorbachev
-Chapter 32. Adolf Hitler
-Chapter 33. King Henry VIII
-Chapter 34. Joan Of Arc
-Chapter 17. Napoleon Bonaparte
-Chapter 18. Leonid Brezhnev
-Chapter 19. Julius Caesar
-Chapter 20. Fidel Castro
-Chapter 21. Charlemagne
-Chapter 22. Winston Churchill
-Chapter 23. Cleopatra VII
-Chapter 24. Constantine the Great
-Chapter 25. Cyrus the Great
-Chapter 26.. Jefferson Davis
-Chapter 27. Queen Elizabeth I
Chapter 28. Hatshepsut
-Chapter 29. Genghis Khan
-Chapter 30. Hammurabi
-Chapter 31. Mikhail Gorbachev
-Chapter 32. Adolf Hitler
-Chapter 33. King Henry VIII
-Chapter 34. Joan Of Arc
-Chapter 17. Napoleon Bonaparte
-Chapter 18. Leonid Brezhnev
-Chapter 19. Julius Caesar
-Chapter 20. Fidel Castro
-Chapter 21. Charlemagne
-Chapter 22. Winston Churchill
-Chapter 23. Cleopatra VII
-Chapter 24. Constantine the Great
-Chapter 25. Cyrus the Great
-Chapter 26.. Jefferson Davis
-Chapter 27. Queen Elizabeth I
Chapter 28. Hatshepsut
-Chapter 29. Genghis Khan
-Chapter 30. Hammurabi
-Chapter 31. Mikhail Gorbachev
-Chapter 32. Adolf Hitler
-Chapter 33. King Henry VIII
-Chapter 34. Joan Of Arc
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