Biography & Memoir
Paine
Paperback
“Thomas Paine, a singularly injudicious man, requires an exceptionally judicious biographer, and in Mr. Hawke he has at last got one. . . . An absorbing narrative that moves briskly through two revolutions and three countries.” —The New Yorker
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
Paperback
“Impassioned and erudite... A captivating portrait of this Massachusetts native as a wonderfully contrary genius possessed of an uncommon moral intelligence and farsighted political wisdom.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Pessoa: A Biography
Hardback
Nearly a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he...
A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York
Paperback
"A true story more incredible than fiction." —Kevin Baker, author of Striver's Row
Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
Hardback
A landmark and collectible duotone volume, that now canonises Frederick Douglass through historic photography.