Biography & Memoir
To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
Paperback
The extraordinary life of Priscilla Joyner and her quest—along with other formerly enslaved people—to define freedom after the Civil War
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
Paperback
America’s modern culinary history told through the lives of seven path-breaking chefs and food writers
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
Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet
Hardback
An alternatingly funny and poignant memoir from “our finest living example of [the American civic poet]” (The New York Times)
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Paperback
A ground-breaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports—and a tribute to his fight for civil rights