Biografía y autobiografía

Girl, Interrupted

de Susanna Kaysen

In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital.  She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage...

Inside the Crosshairs: Snipers in Vietnam

de Michael Lee Col Lanning

"The American sniper could be regarded as the greatest all-around rifleman the world has ever known. . . ."

At the start of the war in Vietnam, the United States had no snipers; by the end of the war, Marine...

Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives

de David Oliver Relin

From the co-author of Three Cups of Tea comes the inspiring story of two very different doctors—one from the United States, the other from Nepal—united in a common mission: to rid the world of preventable...

Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Ganster Dreams

de Richard Cohen

Award-winning writer Rich Cohen excavates the real stories behind the legend of infamous criminal enforcers Murder, Inc. and contemplates the question: Where did the tough Jews go?

In 1930s Brooklyn, there lived...

Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story

de Amanda Vaill

"Once upon a time there was a prince and a princess -- that's how the story of the Murphys should begin," said a friend of this golden pair. Handsome, gifted, wealthy Americans with homes in Paris and on the...

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth

de John Garth

"Very much the best book about J.R.R. Tolkien that has yet been written." -- A.N. Wilson

"A highly intelligent book ... Garth displays impressive skills both as researcher and writer." -- Max Hastings

"It is a...

Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

de Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson & Ben Greenman

"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherfuckers on the planet. His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless." --Robert Christgau

MO' META BLUES

The World According...

Wear Your Dreams

de Ed Hardy & Joel Selvin

The memoir of iconic tattoo artist Ed Hardy from his beginnings in 1960s California, to leading the tattoo renaissance and building his name into a hugely lucrative international brand

“Ed Hardy” is emblazoned...

Queen Bee of Tuscany

de Ben Downing

An engrossing examination of a fascinating woman and her irresistible world

Ben Downing’s Queen Bee of Tuscany brings an extraordinary Victorian back to life. Born into a distinguished intellectual family and...

Highs in the Low Fifties: How I Stumbled through the Joys of Single Living

de Marion Winik

A cross between Nora Ephron and David Sedaris, longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik has a uniquely hilarious and relatable way of looking at life. Her stories of being single in middle age, marked by stylish...

Paris France

de Gertrude Stein & Adam Gopnik

Matched only by Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, Paris France is a "fresh and sagacious" (The New Yorker) classic of prewar France and its unforgettable literary eminences.Celebrated for her innovative literary...

A Harappan Adventure

de Sunila Gupte

2570 BCE, Bagasra Village, Harappa, India Twelve-year-old Avani is a happy-go-lucky, adventurous Harappan girl, who loves to play with her friends Tavishi, Delshad and Ambar. The wedding of the Village Elder’s...

Thatcher

de Clare Beckett

Accessible and affordable illustrated biography about a topical historical figure

Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan

de Frederik L. Schodt

A wide-ranging, readable account of an eccentric and exceptional man who crossed cultures and changed history.

Lytton Strachey: The New Biography

de Michael Holroyd

"A triumphant success. . . . His prose is confident, clear . . . occasionally perfect." -Dennis Potter, The Times (London)"It is impossible to suppose that this 'Life' will ever be superseded . . . the best...

His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad

de John P. Parker & Stuart Seely Sprague

"Surpasses all previous slave narratives. . . . Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." -Joseph...

The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey

de Fred Nadis

The rollicking true story of the legendary writer and editor who ruled over America's fantasy and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century, and shaped today's UFO and sci-fi cultures: Ray Palmer....

The Faraway Nearby

de Rebecca Solnit

This personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy from award winner Rebecca Solnit is a fitting companion to her beloved A Field Guide for Getting Lost

In this exquisitely written new book by the...

Freedom Run: A 100-Day, 3,452-Mile Journey Across America to Benefit Wounded Veterans

de Jamie Summerlin & Matthew L. Brann

When Jamie Summerlin felt the calling to do something more meaningful with his life, the former U.S. Marine came up with an extreme idea. His desire to bring attention and assistance to wounded veterans led...

The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story

de Lily Koppel

As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses...