Biography & Memoir
The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs
Paperback
A delightful and beguiling look at life on a small Paris street.
The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist's Quest for a Sustainable Future
Hardback
A biography of Marion King Hubbert, one of the twentieth century’s most influential energy experts, who was dubbed the “father of peak oil”.
Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin
Hardback
A lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author
Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation
Paperback
"Admirable...consistent with its subject's unassuming intelligence.... Meyers relates [Orwell's] life crisply and judiciously."—The New York Times
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World
Paperback
"Exhilarating . . . strikes a balance between the personal and the abstract."—Edward Rothstein, New York Times