Avraham Avi-haiJune 1, 1974

John Heaton and Judy GrovesIn this book we learn about Wittgenstein's extraordinary life and are given a clear and accessible guide to his central works, the Tractatus Kiguci-Philosophicus and Philosophical...

Patrick MarnhamThe authorized, and astonishing, biography of Mary Wesley.Descended from the Duke of Wellington, Mary Wesley grew up a rebel, believing that she was her mother’s least favourite child. Like...

Ivan FallonPublished December 15th 1989 by Arrow Books (first published September 1st 1988)

Dave EggersThe Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee...

John PhillipsThe original "Renaissance Man" was a scientist, a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a military engineer, an inventor, and a musician. Although he died in 1519, he left a...

Marc AbrahamWhen his father sat him down and told him to 'make something' of himself, young vet Marc Abraham decided to do it the hard way - by setting up...

Erik Larson A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely...

Giorgio VasariThese biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance," was...

Mark KurzemThe spellbinding (The New York Times) true story of a Jewish boy who became the darling of the NazisWhen a Nazi death squad massacred his mother and fellow villagers,...

Keith BadmanPublished for the fiftieth anniversary of her tragic death, this definitive account dispels the rumors and sets the record straight on her last two yearsMarilyn Monroe passed away at...

Walter IsaacsonEinstein was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days, and these character traits drove both his life and his science. In this narrative, Walter Isaacson explains how his mind...