‘A masterclass in biography. Ostler brings her protagonist to life with dazzling prose, meticulous research and unique human sensibility. An immersive, glamorous odyssey...
The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life And Improbable Education Of Henry Adams
"Jacques Roy’s narration is beautifully paced, unhurried and deftly altered to distinguish narrative from quotation."
Making Trouble- Tongued With Fire
In the cold winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits leave England for the raw heat of Australia. Harriet Rowell, 22 a champion swimmer in a time when women didn’t go into the...
Young And Damned And Fair: The Life Of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife Of King Henry Viii
Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this biography of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Catherine Howard, is “a stunning...
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story Of Survival At Sea
Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven...
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and...
Jungle Of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey Of John L. Stephens And Frederick Catherwood, And The Discovery Of The Lost Civilization Of The Maya
The acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling chronicle of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the MayaIn 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone...
Defying Limits: Lessons From The Edge Of The Universe
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, And Andrew Weil Killed The Fifties And Ushered In A New Age For America
“[Don Lattin] has created a stimulating and thoroughly engrossing read.” —Dennis McNally, author of A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, and...
Holding Fire: A Reckoning With The American West
From the award-winning author of Down from the Mountain, a memoir of inheritance, history, and one gun’s role in the violence that shaped the American West—and an...
