The Dead Are Arising illustrates the forces that shaped Malcolm X and captures the voice of a revolutionary whose words resonate powerfully in our own times.
We get the full scope of Sylvia Plath’s incredible talent in Red Comet, rightfully established as complicated, radiant and worthy of deep consideration.
Mad at the World vibrantly illuminates the life and work of John Steinbeck, a writer who is still widely read and relevant today.
David Michaelis has created an intimate, lively and emotional portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt that unfolds like a good novel.
One of our most prominent contemporary historians, Jon Meacham, offers an appreciative assessment of John Lewis’ legacy in His Truth Is Marching On.
A.N. Wilson draws on unexpected, sometimes arcane sources to paint a portrait of Charles Dickens with impressive depth and nuance.
Jessica Goudeau profiles two refugees with incredible stories, set against the shifting backdrop of policy and politics in the United States.
Robert Weintraub’s The Divine Miss Marble reawakens the legacy of a famous female tennis player whose name has all but disappeared.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his times are brought vividly to life by Nicholas A. Basbanes in his authoritative and wonderfully readable Cross of Snow.
When the world seems full of impassable obstacles, ‘The Life of Frederick Douglass’ is a helpful reminder of how to knock them down.
Barry Gewen’s intellectual biography of Henry Kissinger is meticulously researched, consistently stimulating and deeply insightful.
Thompson-Hernández’s Compton Cowboys makes room for tough questions about bias, inequality and the future of the black cowboy tradition.
As Clare Carlisle demonstrates in Philosopher of the Heart, reading Kierkegaard is much like reading a good novel or a thoughtful poem.
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