Biography & Autobiography

The Addams Family is creepy and kooky, but wait till you see what their creator had in his apartment. In Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, meet...

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONNew York Public Library Book of the Century SelectionTime Magazine “100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books” SelectionNew Foreword f...

"If you peek under the sofa cushion or into the mind of a cartoonist, mostly you will find crumbs, a couple of cheap ballpoint pens, some candy wr...

What does it take to transcend the impact of trauma and achieve happiness, meaning, and purpose? At an early age, Dr. Paul Foxman became a victim ...

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War: The definitive Civil War classic as Sam wanted it revised complete with his edits, new pe...

A thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life, with wonderful details.--Publishers Weekly"Interesting and exciting . . . a thoroughl...

Jonathan Shaw's Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist is a surreal, multi-generational roller coaster ride through the underbelly of modern ...

The faith and character of Theodore Roosevelt are examined in context with his life and achievements in this biography.

How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war—and the steep price he paid for failing Jim Thompson landed in Thaila...

World famous at twenty-four, brilliant and reckless, hard-living and scandalous, Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage before he ever exper...

"A smart debut."―Publishers Weekly "A riveting read."―Readers' Favorites Review "A slim, concise, compulsively readable memoir."―Ingram Publi...

The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the ...

Explore all of the murder, madness, and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula. In this book about Rome’s most infam...

Andy Warhol was one of the most celebrated figures in New York society for some twenty-five years, and probably second only to Picasso as the worl...

The story that captivated a nation: how a horribly neglected little girl was rescued by her loving adoptive parents In July 2005, a six-year-old gi...

One of life's biggest clichés becomes a horrific reality when Douglas Segal's wife and young daughter are hit head-on by a Los Angeles city bus. Mi...

The inside story of Chicago, one of the most successful and enduring rock bands ever With their distinctive blending of soulful rock and horn-infus...

"Incredible!"―Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Meaty Raw, witty, and unapologetic, That’s...

In this gripping biography, acclaimed author Harlow Giles Unger paints an intimate portrait of the heroic young French soldier who, at 19, renounc...

"This is the story of the people who believed in magic, and survived... Jonathan Shaw needs to tell the story because he is the story... This is c...

This book here… is it a memoir? Kind of. Is it a humor book? Yeah, a bit. Is it an instructional tome? Here and there. Perhaps best known as the sn...

A fascinating read.–Associated Press Joshua Greene, who studied meditation with the legendary Beatle George Harrison, draws on personal remembrance...

The real story behind a very private American fashion icon—Lilly Pulitzer Today, Lilly Pulitzer's iconic brand of clean-cut, vibrantly printed clot...

A spiritual successor to Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast Turner Publishing is proud to present another heartfelt memoir from the early life of...