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

The extraordinary story of Kathleen Harriman, daughter of the US ambassador to the USSR, told through her wartime letters…

The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world—"an essential…

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

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

'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary…

A single-volume edition of Diary, Gombrowicz's acclaimed masterpiece, now with previously unpublished pages restored…

• Rok vydání 2022

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

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

• 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…

The first intellectual biography of Primo Levi to describe the intersection of his roles as both chemist and writer…

\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 revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage\n…

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

Ben Hecht\'s critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir, first published in 1954, offers incomparably pungent evocations…

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

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

The rise and fall of one of America's first Black sports celebrities…

\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…

\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,…

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

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…