The Irish immigrant turned private investigator was both idolized and reviled.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

This account synthesizes the 26th president's career as an elected and appointed official in New York.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

A novelistic and immensely readable account of the author's early life.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,
• Essays & Literary Criticism,

Shining a light on the relationship between authors and alcohol.

• Non-Fiction,
• English Language & Writing,
• Essays & Literary Criticism,

The story of a family whose DNA compels them to push the limits of humans' earthly limitations.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,
• Travel,

A British cartographic expert examines the centuries-long human urge to answer the basic question: Where am I?

• Non-Fiction,
• History,

The celebrated novelist's memoir tells the tale of how a man lived without freedom and fought for it.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,
• Essays & Literary Criticism,

An illuminating look at the singular monarch's life, character, and times in which she reigned.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,