This biography charts the final 27 years of Ernest Hemingway’s life—from the peak of his literary career to his tragic...

The book uncovers the historical clash between William Shakespeare and Lady Elizabeth Russell, a powerful and highly controversial puritan Countess....

Through letter, unpublished works and Golding's intimate journals, the author draws a revelatory and definitive portrait of an extraordinary man....

A travel memoir and call to action that explores the power of travel to transform, heal, and challenge us. It...

A career-spanning collection of occasional pieces, essays, memoir, liner notes, and criticism that doubles as a novelist's manifesto and self-portrait....

In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on "La Poderosa", the Powerful...

This volume celebrates a true icon 50 years after her passing, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the timeless Chanel...

He starts the decade a teenage pop idol. But the one-hit wonder who sang 'Space Oddity' is still very far...

The tragic story of Henry VIII's first unfortunate wife from an acknowledged expert of Spanish and Tudor history.

The Human Kind is a compelling account of some of the hardest cases in one doctor’s career.

The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules"--The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness --...

Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power, both feared and admired by her enemies. Dubbed the "pirate...

It was the early 1960s, and England's youth, inspired by American rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues, was finding...

Meet the women and female-identifying heroes who have defied death, flouted cultural norms, and risen above poverty to become CEOs,...

This book features 27 integrated essays that offer access to the art, life, and legacy of one of the world's...

The essential political biography of Vladimir Putin.