Biography & Memoir
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
Paperback
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
"Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger." —Philip Kerr, Wall Street Journal
Breaking New Ground: A Personal History
Hardback
An inspirational memoir tracing Lester Brown’s life from a small-farm childhood to leadership as a global environmental activist.
Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch
Hardback
An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend.
“On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess
Hardback
A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero.
The Red Man's Bones: George Catlin, Artist and Showman
Hardback
The first biography in over sixty years of a great American artist whose paintings are more famous than the man who made them.