Biography & Memoir

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
Paperback
Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, this landmark book has been updated and expanded with recent scholarship.

Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
Paperback
The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country

From Ear to Ear: A Pianist's Love Affair with Song
Hardback
A moving and tartly funny musical memoir both “comic and cosmic” (Adam Gopnik) by an acclaimed pianist, spellbinding storyteller and champion of song

McNamara at War: A New History
Hardback
A revelatory portrait of Robert S. McNamara, informed by newly discovered diaries, letters and interviews with those closest to him

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run
Hardback
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