Biography & Memoir

From Emmy award-winning comedy writer Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It hilariously and candidly explores the journey of the 21st-century woman.As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a...

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**"John Brennan is one of the hardest-working, most patriotic public servants I've ever seen, and our country is better off for it. As president, he was one of my closest advisors and a great friend. And in his...

Updated and revised--the story of American rapper Jay-Z's glass-shattering rise from the Brooklyn projects to the top of the business world.Beyond the award-wining albums and chart-topping hits, Jay-Z's business savvy has cemented his legacy as one of...

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.   Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her...

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher AnaximanderOver two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology,...

“A well-researched and well-told epic history. The Dark Queens brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden FiguresThe remarkable,...

New York Times Bestseller Featured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG "It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019 She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game...

“Spend the day in bed” with Autobiography by Morrissey, whose new album Low in High School is out November 17thSteven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982–1987), Morrissey has...

(Available after March 30th, 2023)A startling new portrait of George Eliot, the beloved novelist and a rare philosophical mind who explored the complexities of marriage.In her mid-thirties Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot—an author...

(Available after 3-20 days)“Witty, dry, and gimlet-eyed, this is a necessary corrective in a world where Autistic women are all either written off as quiet and docile, or erased entirely.” —Devon Price, Ph.D., author of Unmasking AutismScottish comedian...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022WINNER OF THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF...

A finely-wrought meditation on the relationship between landscape, community and the role of medicine in society, Morland’s moving and insightful examination of the role of a country doctor makes for truly fascinating reading. A Fortunate Woman is a...

Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story.As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to...

The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Chanel.   Bringing to life the story and designs of Gabrielle Chanel, the most influential couturière in the...

Featuring an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapons ever created, used by...

A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund    The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives...

(Available after 3-20 days) Acclaimed journalists James Stewart and Rachel Abrams have written the definitive account of Paramount and the Redstone family. There's enough drama here for a hit show or movie, with all the generous helpings of money, greed...

The cheeky, larger-than-life drag queen and outrageous comic—"The Joan Rivers of the Drag World," (New York Times)—who isn’t afraid to shock or offend brings her trademark acerbic wit and sharp commentary to the page in an uproarious illustrated...

"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." —Kirkus Reviews   When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end...

(Available after March 30th, 2023)INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs seen in The New York Times, People, The Cut, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Today, Bustle, Us Weekly, Life & Style, and InterviewDrinking and Tweeting meets Unorthodox in this...