August Wilson: A Life

By Patti Hartigan

August Wilson: A Life

This biography’s brilliance approaches that of its subject.

Tears Over Russia

By Lisa Brahin

Tears Over Russia

The horrors playing out today have deep roots in the past.

The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine

A diary-like account of a brave people’s resistance to Russian invasion.

My Place in the Sun

By George Stevens Jr.

My Place in the Sun

Meet a fortunate son genuinely grateful for his luck.

The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World War

An outstanding account of the eminent intellectual’s literary Waterloo.

The Islander

By Chris Blackwell with Paul Morley

The Islander

Reflections of a Brit kingmaker whose hits outnumbered his misses. Barely.

Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir

The famed singer turns her unflinching eye inward.