A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs.…

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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character is a captivating collection of…

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The fascinating backstories of four women painted by John Singer Sargent come alive in this seductive, multi-layered…

\nWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography\n…

A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula.…

A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defence of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a…

A biography of Marion King Hubbert, one of the twentieth century's most influential energy experts, who was dubbed the…

The world's leading reggae scholar spent forty years interviewing Bob Marley and his closest confidants. This is the…

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\nAn engaging, intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson that sheds new light on her ground-breaking poetry.\n…

Poignant and witty essays on the beautiful complexity of marriage.…

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\nThree-term poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation…

\nAn alternatingly funny and poignant memoir from \"our finest living example of [the American civic poet]\" (The New York…

• Rok vydání 2017

Reviving the life and work of a neglected master, this biography establishes Shirley Jackson as a towering figure in…

The extraordinary story of the one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters.…

A comprehensive and engaging biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the beloved classic The…

• Rok vydání 2020

The life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings and letters.…

\nThe riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the…

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\nOne of NPR\'s Books We Love in 2022 In this erudite and piercing biography, best-selling author Reza Aslan proves that one…

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\nThe definitive biography of America\'s best-known and least understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape…

Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Her legend still lives, but her story was lost-until now.…

\nWritten in code under constant threat of battle, Wittgenstein\'s searing and illuminating diaries finally emerge in this…

• Rok vydání 2018

Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Her legend still lives, but her story was lost-until now.…

Hurston and Hughes, two giants of the Harlem Renaissance and American literature, were best friends-until they weren't.…

\nEssays from the literary master and best-selling author of Townie on a life of challenges, contradictions and…

\nA journey into the mindset of a historic basketball superstar, and the importance of his landmark career.\n…

\nA lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society and an investigation into the…

\nThe multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the murder of a police…

\nA trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic…

\nA shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal odyssey and his changing…