Biography & Memoir
My Foreign Cities: A Memoir
Paperback
Winner of the Chautauqua Prize
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and Library Journal“Uplifting... it’s about savoring the present, not allowing sadness to dominate and surrendering yourself to love, for better or worse.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
Hardback
The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career.
The Kennan Diaries
Hardback
A landmark collection, spanning ninety years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most famous diplomat.
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
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Paperback
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
"Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger." —Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal