Biography & Memoir

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Hardback
The beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love and the wine-dark sea.

Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal
Hardback
Hurston and Hughes, two giants of the Harlem Renaissance and American literature, were best friends—until they weren’t.

Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters
Paperback
A lifetime of candid reflections from physicist Freeman Dyson, “an acute observer of personality and human foibles” (New York Times Book Review).

Midnight: Three Women at the Hour of Reckoning
Hardback
Moments of great intensity in the lives of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and Joan of Arc, when each faced a decision that would shape her legacy.

Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1950-2013
Paperback
Motorcycle Diaries for a new generation, this long-awaited volume provides a panoramic portrait of art and life across the twentieth century.


