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The New York Times–bestselling memoir by the longest-serving political independent in Congressional history.When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered a "fringe" campaign by the political establishment and the media—something not to be...
The astonishing life of an Italian Renaissance noblewoman who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior fierce enough to make Machiavelli wince.A strategist to match Machiavelli; a warrior who stood toe to toe with the Borgias; a wife whose three marriages would end in...
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Kirkus Reviews, The Economist, The New Yorker, Library Journal, BookPage, Christian Science Monitor, and Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2025 • One of the Washington Post's "Notable Works of Nonfiction" of 2025 •...
2010 National Book Award Finalist for NonfictionDrawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, Secret Historian is a sensational reconstruction of one of the more...
"How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is an understatement." —Richard DawkinsA memoir by one of the greatest minds of our age, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C. Dennett.Daniel C. Dennett,...
A New York Times BestsellerIn this uplifting Holocaust survivor memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life.Born in...
"Enigma's 'forgotten genius' . . . [the] story of Alan Turing's spymaster boss who led the team that cracked Hitler's WWII codes" (Daily Mail). The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key...
"This searing account of a little boy wrenched from family and innocence" during the Armenian genocide "is a literary gem" (Financial Times). When World War I began, Karnig Panian was only five years old, living among his fellow Armenians in the Anatolian village of...
A hilarious #1 New York Times–bestselling collection of essays from those nearest and dearest to comedian Chelsea Handler—the people she's lied to."My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day...
The No. 1 BestsellerBiography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2023'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet'...