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From an early age, Richard Hell dreamed of running away. He arrived penniless in New York City at seventeen; ten years later he was a pivotal voice of the age of punk, cofounding …
Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir, now richly illustrated with new material and never-before-seen photographs "Reading rocker Smith's account of her relationship …
"An evening with D.V. is almost as marvelous as an evening with D.V. herself--same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment. --Bill BlassBrilliant, funny, …
The author of Winter Season and Sisters of Salome recounts her experiences with a lover who taught her the art of sexual dominance and submission, encounters that awakened her …
In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia--characters like John …
An expression of an extraordinary poet's life story in her own words, this book shows Anne Sexton as she really was in private, as she wrote about herself to family, friends, …
A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society enduresHistory will …
The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich.She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; …
In 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll in a desert cave east of the Dead Sea. With his phenomenal …
Winner of The Green Prize for Sustainable LiteratureA Finalist for the PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for BiographyFour influential women we thought we knew well--Jane Jacobs, Rachel …