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One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of the Year: "A superb biography . . . A definite study of Fermi's life and work." —The Wall Street JournalA Bloomberg Best Book of the YearA Finalist for Physics World's Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editor's...
An NPR Best Book: "[Jolie's] story is both remarkable and utterly ordinary; any dreamy kid who grew up broke and weird will see a spark of themselves." ―The New Republic One of NPR's Best Books of 2020 Winner, Independent Publisher Awards Gold Medal for LGBTQ+...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST • How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story?"The most spectacular, hilarious, and...
A New Yorker and Economist Best Book of the Year: Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history.This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog") and his...
A look at the brutal, brilliant fourteenth-century ruler, by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England. Holding power for over fifty years starting in 1327, Edward III was one of England's most influential kings—and one who shaped the...
The New York Times bestseller. "A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the women married to the astronauts . . . Impressive." —The Dallas Morning NewsThe basis for the ABC TV series!As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying...
The essential new edition of one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, On Both Sides of the Wall, which recounts one woman’s harrowing experiences as a courier for the Jewish underground, is a testament to the ordinary...
A gripping, unflinching biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, one of the most notorious and contradictory figures at the heart of the Nazi regime, and her transformation from harmless small-town girl to hardened killer. With new details and previously unpublished...
For fans of Educated and The Glass Castle, a former music industry insider’s journey of healing—from childhood trauma through spiritual practices and self-discovery to a place of peace—with some incredible celebrity encounters along the way.Wendy Correa’s childhood is...
"A dazzling memoir that reminds us of the most primal function of literature—to heal, to nurture and to connect us to our truest selves." —Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between UsCatalyzed by the loss of her sister, a mother of four spends one year savoring a...
