Biographies & Autobiographies books

An exploration of Stephen King's writing from the first academic granted full access to King's archives.  Read More >>

From pushcart to pantry staple in the city that never sleeps New York’s Family Grocer tells how a neighborhood...  Read More >>

An exploration of how comics illuminate medicine, religion, and identity  Read More >>

The unlikely story of how the American big band conductor raised morale and fought Nazis during World War II  Read More >>

Interviews that illuminate a life shaped by jazz, history, and verse  Read More >>

A new biography revealing the remarkable story of Jackie Robinson as a civil rights crusader Jackie Robinson is...  Read More >>

Jesse Helms (1921–2008) dominated the political landscape of North Carolina during the last half of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Originally published under the title Maurice Tourneur: Râealisateur sans frontiáeres (La Tour Verte, 2015).  Read More >>

An eye-opening history of how white evangelicals came to see America's past as sacred and themselves as its rightful...  Read More >>

An Appalachian organizer's excavation of the past, her own and her people's, to spark a collective fight for a future...  Read More >>

A definitive new volume of the retirement papers of Thomas Jefferson The 586 documents in this volume begin with...  Read More >>

A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise...  Read More >>

A powerful guide to finding strength in life's toughest moments. CHAOS helps you turn overwhelm into clarity, rebuild...  Read More >>

From the decks of Coast Guard cutters to the boardrooms of business, Kevin D. Harkins has lived through storms,...  Read More >>

Relentless Agony - Book Two continues the story where survival alone is no longer enough. In the aftermath of loss,...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking narrative traces Primus from his capture in Africa to his legacy in Connecticut.  Read More >>

You know that feeling of almost fitting in? You're close enough to be included, but you never quite belong. And...  Read More >>

A memoir about two people who met, became separated by their respective lives, and came back together thirty-six...  Read More >>

The first book about Oscar Wilde's first play. At the age of twenty-six Oscar Wilde wrote his first play. A melodramatic...  Read More >>

""Dee"" Lawhorn knows the dangers and pitfalls of questionable environments all too well. From family drama to neighborhood...  Read More >>

A beautiful law student was brutally murdered in 1986 in Alabama, leading to the most high-profile murder investigation...  Read More >>

Eileen Blair, wife and partner of George Orwell, is brought out of her husband’s shadow in this riveting graphic...  Read More >>

American soccer legend Landon Donovan’s unfiltered account of the highs and lows of his career, his battle with...  Read More >>

The first book about Oscar Wilde's first play. At the age of twenty-six Oscar Wilde wrote his first play. A melodramatic...  Read More >>

Beatrice Farnham developed a partnership with her eccentric guide, John Otto, the trail builder and promoter of...  Read More >>