\nThe remarkable story of Western polymaths from the fifteenth century to the present day\n…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux\n…

\nA portrait of one of the ancient world\'s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again\n…

\nA timely and provocative essay about the parallel lives of Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt and their mission for a more…

\nThe story of Rome\'s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory\n…

\nAn exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the…

\nThe wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Ree, told in his own words\n…

An entirely new portrait of Keats, rich with insights into the torments of his life and the imaginative sources of his works…

A single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz's acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored…

• Rok vydání 2017

From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention…

From a master biographer and leading scholar of eighteenth-century literature comes an award-winning new portrait of the…

\nAn intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time\n…

\nThe story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas strip\n…

\nA riveting exploration of the brilliant, combative, and controversial \"Father of the Nuclear Navy\"\n…

\nAn intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist\n…

\nA fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch\n…

\nAward-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a…

\nThe rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and…

\nAn intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize\n…

\nA renowned scientist and environmental advocate looks back on a life that has straddled the worlds of science and…

\nA captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her…

\nWritten by an authority on Martin Luther, this is the definitive biography of the central figure of the Protestant…

An authoritative account of the life and work of Francis Poulenc, one of the most prolific and striking figures in…

\nAn extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth…

\nA powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world traveler\n…

\nThe fourth and final volume of Michel Leiris’s renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time,…

An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect…

\nA portrait of Martin Heidegger as a man and a philosopher\n…