Biography & Memoir
Goethe: Life as a Work of Art
Paperback
This sterling biography of Germany’s greatest writer presents Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as if we are seeing him for the first time.
Toscanini: Musician of Conscience
Paperback
On the 150th anniversary of his birth comes this monumental biography of conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose dramatic life was unparalleled among twentieth-century musicians.
Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming
Paperback
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
A BookPage Best Book of the Year
"This exquisitely written book shows how recovery can come generations later through rebuilding connections—to people, the natural world, the past." —Robin Shulman, Washington Post
After Emily: Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America's Greatest Poet
Hardback
The untold story of the mother and daughter who opened the door to Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
Paperback
A narrative of intrigue, gossip and colourful artistic rivalry, The Collector of Lives presents a lively introduction to a seminal figure in the very human story of art itself.