Biography & Memoir

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  • Toscanini: Musician of Conscience

    Harvey Sachs

    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.

  • Townie: A Memoir

    Andre Dubus III

    Hardback

    Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction—2012 Indie Choice Awards
    Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011

    An acclaimed novelist reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy him—until he was saved by writing.

  • Townie: A Memoir

    Andre Dubus III

    Paperback

    "Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness." —Vanity Fair

  • Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

    Nell Greenfieldboyce

    Hardback

    An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life

  • Tribute to Freud

    Hilda Doolittle, Norman Holmes Pearson, Adam Philips

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    A classic of American literature, now with a new introduction by iconic author and psychotherapist Adam Phillips.