Biography & Memoir
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
eBook
The first major biography of the French New Wave filmmaker hailed as “one of the Gods of Cinema” by Martin Scorsese
Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative
Paperback
A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal odyssey and his changing positions on identity, race and belief
The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
Hardback
A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world
The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus
Hardback
A gifted historian presents a definitive book on Christopher Columbus—his life, his legacy and the many controversies that outlived him
From Ear to Ear: A Pianist's Love Affair with Song
Hardback
A moving and tartly funny musical memoir both “comic and cosmic” (Adam Gopnik) by an acclaimed pianist, spellbinding storyteller and champion of song