Biography & Memoir
Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life
Hardback
An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
Hardback
A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator
Brutalities: A Love Story
Paperback
A searing, vivid memoir that investigates the dynamics of violence, power, desire and a body pushed to the brink
An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville
Paperback
One of NPR's Books We Love in 2022
In this erudite and piercing biography, best-selling author Reza Aslan proves that one person’s actions can have revolutionary consequences that reverberate the world over
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Paperback
Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation and their own independence