This is a fascinating window giving on the private thoughts of one of the great American writers of the twentieth century. It follows on Carcanet's publication of "Edgar Allan Poe and the Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments", edited by...

An unflinching account of life in a Pakistani prison by a founding leader and the first elected prime minister of Bangladesh. Born in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman studied law. One of the founders of the Awami League in 1949, he later led his party...

A thoroughly researched biography of the influential and bestselling author of "King Solomon's Mines", shining light on his formative years in South Africa. H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925), author of "King Solomon's Mines", "Allan Quatermain" and "Sh...

A masterful new biography of North Korea's despotic founding father and his enduring impact on his country today. Kim Il-sung was the enigmatic architect of North Korea. His life is an extraordinary tale of improbable success: once a barely educated...

A hundred-year history of the challenges and triumphs of contemporary Taiwan, through the inspiring true story of one man who lived through it all. Huang Chin-tao was born in 1926, when Taiwan was still part of the Japanese Empire. By the time he...

The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm. More than two hundred years ago, the German brothers Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Gr...

The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential – and controversial – rabbis in modern Judaism. The Chabad-Lubavitch movement, one of the world's best-known Hasidic groups, is driven by the belief that we are on the...

Taken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history. American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First Thanksgiving possible, but his story goes deeper than the...

One of the most influential artists and thinkers of his time comes to life in this stunning graphic biography inspired by Morris' designs and filled with the colors and patterns that defined the Arts and Crafts Movement. Readers of all ages will lea...

An intimate account of Albert Einstein's visit to Oxford in the 1930's, casting new light on why he continues to be the world's most famous scientist. In 1931, Albert Einstein visited Oxford to receive an honorary degree and lecture on relativity an...