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http://www.amazon.com/The-Life-Muhammad-I-Ishaq/dp/0196360331
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It's hard to find such a biography of Muhammad, but I hope this one can be of help: Leslie Hazleton's The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
Edit: If you really wanna dig deeper, I'd suggest the Alfred Guillaume translation of Ibn Ishaq's The Life of Muhammad. This translation puts back some of the "cuts" made by the later editors of the biography (this being the quasi-official Sira). Caveat lector: this is difficult reading.
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Currently, the translation of Ibn Ishaq's Seera RasulAllah:
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Got this from interloan at the library, but haven't quite gotten into it yet:
http://www.amazon.com/Banquet-Reading-Fifth-Rhetorica-Semitica/dp/193499605X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453252143&sr=8-1&keywords=the+banquet+quran
You asked for everything really, but here is a selection I personally like that is more focused on the biography of Muhammad.
For Muslim books on the biography of the Prophet, I highly recommend:
A Biography of the Prophet of Islam: In the Light of the Original Sources, an Analytical Study
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
On the more academic side of his life and following centuries, I recommend:
Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction
Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam
For the four best primary sources of his biography translated into English:
The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi
The Life of the Prophet Muhammad: Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya
The Life of Muhammad
The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muhammad
Try a book by Vernon O Egger: A history of the Muslim world to 1405
It was used in one of my courses on the history of the Islamic Middle East.
Or if you want, you can read the first biography of Muhammad by Ibn Ishaq.
It one of the sources used on understanding his life by every scholar. However since you are asking about biases you should note that the only surviving copy of this work is a self proclaimed redaction and editing of it by Ibn Hisham.
You may want to read this book the life of Muhammad . It says a lot when the person who is given credit for the beginning of Islam has an 800 page historical book on his military campaigns. From a military standpoint it makes sense to take such views because you don't want subordinates betraying your ideology.
you also need to read Sira and then some Hadith.As Quran and Sira equally play huge role.here is authentic copy http://www.amazon.com/Life-Muhammad-I-Ishaq/dp/0196360331/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420744241&sr=8-1&keywords=sira+ibn+ishaq
I just can't be bothered writing you a wikipedia article, simply because you don't have the required background knowledge to follow my meaning.
Why not read a book instead? This one is interesting enough.