Biography & Memoir

The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century
Paperback
A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly).

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Paperback
The #1 New York Times Bestseller
"Lewis has such a gift for storytelling…he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons." —Janet Maslin, New York Times
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

Learning to Fly: A Writer's Memoir
Hardback
A literary testament showing how Mary Lee Settle's great novels followed the map of her remarkable life.

The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas
Paperback
Celebrated author James Buchan on the widely known—but often misread—Scottish philosopher Adam Smith.


