Biography & Memoir
Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
Hardback
New York Times Book Review • "The Best Books to Give This Year"
A shattering new biography of rock music’s most outrageous—and tragic—genius.
Publishers Weekly • Best Books of the Year (Nonfiction)
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War
Hardback
Michael Gorra, one of America’s most preeminent literary critics, asks how we read William Faulkner in the twenty-first century.
If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
Hardback
The Simulmatics Corporation, launched during the Cold War, mined data, targeted voters, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and...
Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
Hardback
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the "godfather of computer gaming" and creator of Civilization.
Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
Paperback
The definitive biography of a banker, essayist and editor of the Economist, by an acclaimed financial historian.