This is a story about a young man named Rick who had a passion for life but was almost destroyed by a series of betrayal, lust and lies. An all American boy next door who had succeeded in life beyond his expectations. After then meeti...

True tale of the buccaneer remembered in history as The Gentleman PirateExperience the daily lives of pirates, follow bold and perilous raids, and survive a terrifying storm at sea in this adventurous tale of a white slave who flees t...

Every human enters this life and begins a journey. The path traveled is unique to each individual, and for some, the main streets and popular thoroughfares provide all that's needed to nourish a life well lived-food, fuel, friendship,...

From the celebrated author Susan Higginbotham comes the incredible story of Lincoln's First LadyA Union's First LadyAs the Civil War cracks the country in two, Mary Lincoln stands beside her husband praying for a swift Northern victor...

A People Magazine and POPSUGAR pick!"[May's] adventures illuminate the world of intrepid female artists in the late 1800s […] The Other Alcott comes alive in its development of the relationship between Louisa and May."  -...

A #1 International Bestseller "A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts.”—Karen Joy Fowler "You can’t help feeling that Jane would have ...

WINNER The Strega PrizeGerda Taro was a German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist activist, artist and innovator who, together with her partner, the Hungarian Endre Friedmann, was one half of the alias Robert Capa, widely considere...

"Inspired by the true story behind Jackie Kennedy's iconic outfit, Kelby has stitched a compelling tale of politics, fashion and history."-PeopleOn November 22, 1963, the First Lady accompanied her husband to Dallas dressed ...

At a time when women did not commonly travel unescorted, carry a rifle, sit down in bars, or have romantic liaisons with other women, Lucy Lobdell boldly set forth to earn men's wages. Lucy Lobdell did all of these things in a persona...

The third volume--the book that made Knausgaard a phenomenon in the United States--in the addictive New York Times bestselling seriesA family of four--mother, father, and two boys--move to the south coast of Norway, to a new house on ...

"Spring features Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation…Fall in love with the world, he enjoins, stay sensitive to it, stay in it." -The New York Times...

From the bestselling author of The Bloodletter's Daughter comes a historical novel about a defiant seventeenth-century artist who dared to feed her passions and explore the limitless possibilities of art. Born in the bustling artist ...

The semi-autobiographical Accidental Warlocks leads you through an addictive world of sex, drugs, and the esoteric, as a young gay man Jeff struggles to overcome temptation and the damnation that living a life on the edge of the numin...

''I was nineteen years old, still soft at the edges, but with a confident belief in good fortune. I carried a small rolled-up tent, a violin in a blanket, a change of clothes, a tin of treacle biscuits, and some cheese. I was excited,...

The blazingly inventive fictional autobiography of Mark Leyner, one of America's "rare, true original voices" (Gary Shteyngart)Dizzyingly brilliant, raucously funny, and painfully honest, GONE WITH THE MIND is the story of Mark Leyner...

While men have long been credited with producing the first abstract paintings, the true creator was actually a woman – Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who was inspired by her mystic visions. Acclaimed authors Sofia Lundberg, Alys...

Set amid the ferment and factionalism of early modern Italy, Life of Castruccio Castracani is a vivid and action-packed account of the rise and fall of a very \"Machiavellian\" prince. A charismatic warlord of the early 14th century, ...

“A love letter to bookstores and libraries.” —The Boston Globe The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the wor...

Experience postwar Europe through the diary of a fascinating and witty twentieth-century writer and artist. Recording his travels in France and Switzerland, Curzio Malaparte encounters famous figures such as Cocteau and Camus and capt...

"The history is amazing—I felt like I was there."—Lisa Wingate, bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the civilized world.Stephen: hands...

Stephen Hopkins was a hurricane and shipwreck survivor, Jamestown settler, psalmist reader and adventurer who yearned for the freedom to live life on his own terms. His pursuit of this ambition is explored in this imagined look at the...

Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailo...

An NYRB Classics OriginalWhen the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre. Unfolding through a series of letters wr...

Malheur August opens with a map of Malheur County, OR and its Malheur River. "Malheur" means "bad time," we're told--and Nancy Minor plays with that notion skillfully. Set in 1971 with substantial flashback to the ...

This "pink Laduree macaron of a novel" (The New York Times) is a modern Manhattan fairy tale about a Southern belle who must decide if the glamorous life she thought she wanted is really everything she hoped it would be.Sout...

A shipwreck, an attic sanctum, an oppressive father, love letters, clandestine meetings, a secret marriage, an escape to Italy, the birth of a child, and happily ever after. So plays out the odd but mesmerizing life of poet Elizabeth ...

A woman is eager to find her place in the world, to be free, to be herself, and to be loved again. After she fails school, society, and marriage in her own country, she moves to the U.S. She becomes a therapist and also the patient of...

Fuzzy Owen and Merle Haggard worked together for over 50 years, yet they never had a contract. Fuzzy was Merle's steel guitar player, recording engineer, producer, promoter, booking agent, accountant, bus driver, mechanic and always M...

As a Maine Guide for 20 years and a hunter and fisherman since childhood, Christian Potholm knows the woods and waters of Maine from the coast to the North Woods. He brings it all to life with these humorous tales, astonishing and int...

From Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl, comes a brilliant new novel about a literary couple. The unlikely marriage between Nathaniel Hawthorne, the celebrated novelist, and Sophia Peabody, the invalid artist, was ...