Biography & Memoir
The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
Hardback
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.
Stanley Kubrick, Director: A Visual Analysis
Paperback
Alexander Walker's Stanley Kubrick, Director is the only book ever written with Kubrick's cooperation.
Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth
Hardback
The untold story of an eccentric, scientific visionary whose death-defying research has saved millions of lives.
John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism
Paperback
When John Dewey died in 1952, he was memorialized as America's most famous philosopher, revered by liberal educators and deplored by conservatives,...
Toscanini: Musician of Conscience
Hardback
On the 150th anniversary of his birth comes this monumental biography of conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose dramatic life was unparalleled among twentieth-century musicians.