Biography & Memoir

With numerous starred reviews and accolades, from award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave and dedicated young women who helped turn the tides of World War II for the Allies, with their hard work and...

Probing the ambiguities and contradictions between the author and her recently deceased mother, Ernaux's companion piece to A Man's Place is rich with profound insight and crisp, crystalline prose. On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux’s mother, after...

The journals, notebooks, musings, and early song drafts of Jeff Buckley, the late singer best-known for the definitive version of "Hallelujah" and his classic album Grace, including dozens of evocative photos of his personal effects and ephemera.After...

Nicolas Darvas was a dancer, self-taught investor and author. He is best known for his book, "How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market." He discovered investing in 1952, when a Toronto nightclub, unable to pay him in cash, instead paid him with shares...

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once. When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother—feeling untethered and swimming through inarticulable...

Here, in more than twenty essays, Nin shares her unique perceptions of people, places, and the arts. Includes several lectures and two interviews.

The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports brands, having started from a small factory in Bolton.Since the late 19th century, the Foster family had been hand-making running shoes, supplying the...

RICHARD BRANSON, one of the world's most famous and admired business leaders, argues that it's time to turn capitalism upside down-to shift our values from an exclusive focus on profit to also caring for people, communities and the planet. As he writes:...

The Landmark Julius Caesar is the definitive edition of the five works that chronicle the mil­itary campaigns of Julius Caesar. Together, these five narratives present a comprehensive picture of military and political developments leading to the...

Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series.  After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander...

Wellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk and it's all the patriarchy's fault. Poor Little Sick Girls is THE book for femmes who are online and want more from activism and life.Ione Gamble never imagined that entering...

The New Yorker's Best Book of 2023."sorrowful, tender...beautiful." – The New York Times Book Review.“...arresting and memorable….Masud both finds a way to comprehend her own story and establishes a strong voice that confirms her as a...

A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour.Sheila Heti kept a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period, then arranged the sentences from A to Z. Passionate and reflective, joyful and despairing, these are her...

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and little-known facts about natureIn Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee...

Over 1 million copies sold! This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call! Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoir, demonstrated how much untapped ability we all have but was merely an introduction to the power of the mind. In Never Finished,...

Take success to maximum levels with this guide to setting and accomplishing goals far beyond anything you've achieved before.THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve yourself by following bowhunter...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.This compelling and candid memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch—delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame.Raised in...

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of...

A striking memoir detailing the author's journey to understanding herself and her mental disorder. With a dynamic and empathetic narrative voice that's impossible not to root for, this is the kind of memoir that will inspire not just in what the author...

From Karate Kid to Cobra Kai, Macchio reflects on playing the iconic role of Daniel LaRusso, the legacy of the hit 80s franchise, and the film's most memorable moments. This is an entertaining behind-the-scenes look at a cult classic.An instant New York...