Biography & Memoir
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
Paperback
How does one cope with overwhelming grief?
Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
Paperback
“Almost indecently readable . . . captures [Burroughs’s] destructive energy, his ferocious pessimism, and the renegade brilliance of his style.”—Vogue
Roger Williams: The Church and the State
Paperback
An illuminating portrait of the nation's earliest—and most passionate—advocate for the total separation of church and state.
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern
Paperback
Though Tesla’s inventions transformed our world, his true originality is shown in the visionary ambitions he failed to achieve.
The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled
Paperback
"The most powerful book of its kind I've ever read.... Extraordinary powers of observation, generalization, and depth."—Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat