Browsing: Nonfiction

In this thrilling memoir, the FBI’s leading specialist in art crimes chronicles his extraordinary career catching crooks and recovering stolen treasures all over the world. “Riveting… Hands down the best book ever written on art crime” (Associated Press).

After the devastation at Hiroshima, 25 injured Japanese women came to the US for reconstructive surgery. This extraordinary story of how they rebuilt their lives is “beguiling… Evokes a range of human emotions” (The New York Times).

In this affectionate New York Times bestseller, comedian Jerry Lewis looks back on the ups, downs, and traumatic end of his famous partnership with Dean Martin. “Lewis is a wonderful raconteur… Fans will be surprised and entertained” (Publishers Weekly).

A New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award: Having grown up a privileged member of the black Chicago elite, Margo Jefferson expounds on her experience with issues of race, class, and gender. “Brave… revelatory” (The New York Times Book Review).

It’s not easy being friends with rising rock stars – especially when you’re the glue that holds them together. Razes…

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal…

A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 22,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Before she left Iran, Azar Nafisi met secretly with seven young women every week to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. A “sparkling memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) that “reminds us why we read in the first place” (Newsday).

Observe every facet of the Peloponnesian War in this “elegant, lucidly written” account (Publishers Weekly) of the clash between Athens and Sparta. “A first-rate chronicle, capturing the intensity and savagery of ancient warfare” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals illuminates the life of Lyndon Johnson in this “absorbing” biography (The Washington Post). A longtime confidante of the former president shares the candid thoughts of a complicated, conflicted man.

In 1943, a group of US Army medical personnel became trapped in a harrowing, months-long fight for survival after their plane crashed in Nazi-occupied Albania. This “amazing World War II survival-and-rescue story” (Booklist) documents their struggle and the courageous villagers who risked everything to help them.