Biography & Memoir

Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters
Hardback
A comprehensive and moving biography of Max Jacob, a brilliant cubist poet who lived at the margins of fame.

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard
Hardback
The definitive biography of America’s best-known and least understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped.


Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in Essays
Hardback
A glimpse into a beloved novelist’s inner world, shaped by family, art, and literature.

The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
Hardback
Tracking an underground language and the outcasts who depended on it for their survival.


