The high flights and disastrous crashes of the cycle-jumping daredevil.
The Aerosmith singer's memoir offers self-reflection and self-promotion in equal measure, and at full volume.
A posthumous collection of essays celebrates the crusading spirit of a Russian reporter and writer.
From the author of Praying for Sheetrock, the story of her life with a unusually large, lively household.
A noted historian of the Third Reich offers "a moral history of the Second World War."
A history of the polymer and a guide to the possibilities and pitfalls of a world dependent on its use.
The man who brought Jackie Robinson into Major League Baseball—and changed the sport forever—gets the biography he deserves.
A new gathering of verse from the prizewinning poet celebrates a life on the land.
One of America's adjunct army gives voice to the concerns from the academic front lines.
A new generation of literati weighs in on the destiny of fiction in the digital age.
The world of the line cooks behind Ferran Adria's culinary wizardy.
A famed director's tribute to his family's immigrant odyssey.
The adventures of two secret agents, partners in love and espionage.
A Dostoevskian tale of murderer, newly translated by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Disgrace.
A dedicated author and gardener shines new light on her three-acre masterpiece.