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Portraits in Life and Death
Peter Hujar, Benjamin Moser, Susan Sontag
Hardback
A new edition of the cult classic photography book by the legendary Peter Hujar, featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser
Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography
Stanley Plumly
Paperback
A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book and a Washington Post Best of 2008: “A book worthy of Keats—full of feeling and drama and those fleeting moments we call genius.”—Ted Genoways, Washington Post Book World
Poulenc: The Life in the Songs
Graham Johnson
Hardback
One of the greatest modernist composers comes alive in this illuminating biography, a must-have for musicians and music-lovers alike.
Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd
Michael Wallis
Paperback
"This engaging biography exactly and vividly catches the tone of a region, a time, and a man."—Larry McMurtry
Prison Letters
Nelson Mandela, Sahm Venter, Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela
Paperback
An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century.