Acclaimed author Colum McCann tells the story of Diane Foley, whose son Jim was kidnapped and killed by ISIS, exploring what it takes to keep going in the face of unimaginable pain and the power of channelling that pain to help others.
The first biography to examine Mailer's life as a twisted lens, offering a unique insight into the history of America from the end of World War II to the election of Barack Obama.
A heart stopping memoir of a wrenching Appalachian girlhood and a multilayered portrait of a misrepresented people, from Rona Jaffe Writer's Award winner Shawna Kay Rodenberg.
Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book AwardPatti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe
Edited by two-time National Book Award winner and Women’s Prize shortlisted-author Jesmyn Ward, a timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America
Expert analysis from a veteran Vatican watcher on who the new American Pope few expected really is — and what his legacy within the Catholic Church might become.
NOW A MAJOR APPLE+ TV SERIES, Carêmetakes readers on a chef’s tour of Regency-Era Europe and weaves together recipes and biography to unveil the life of the first celebrity chef
From the daughter of one of America’s most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace’s legacy of hate--and illuminates her journey towards redemption.
In the increasingly dirty world of British politics, one man has stood out for unimpeachable integrity – the former Labour Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, Frank Field.
Dispelling the myths and stereotypes of living with dementia, Sunday Times bestselling author of Somebody I Used to Know Wendy Mitchell offers a warm, wise and thoroughly practical guide to life after a life-changing diagnosis – from someone who knows.
