Biography & Memoir
Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936
Paperback
An hilarious send-up of sex, scandal and the Golden Age of Hollywood by a legendary cartoonist.
Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
Paperback
"A striking success…the account of the White House years is absorbing, the account of Mary Lincoln's life as a widow utterly compelling." —New York Times
Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters
Hardback
A comprehensive and moving biography of Max Jacob, a brilliant cubist poet who lived at the margins of fame.
Meaning a Life: an Autobiography
Paperback
A classic of twentieth-century American autobiography now back in print with previously unpublished material from the author’s archive
The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr., Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor
Paperback
"Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway’s biography tells his life with great skill." —Steve Weinberg, USA Today