Biography/Autobiography

Almost everyone is familiar with the stereotype of the tortured artist. Since time immemorial, it seems, the greatest…

Telling the story of his band in his own words, Iggy Pop's new book Total Chaos features dozens of never-before-seen…

“Art is never just art, it is a history of feeling, a gap between sensations, a safety valve, an escape hatch, a…

A science writer with a background in neuroscience spent years finding people with the most unusual neurological…

Were medieval women slaves to their husband's desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a…

In this collection of Van Gogh's correspondence from over the course of his life, dive into some of the most personal…

In this adorable introduction to one of the most well-known painters of all time, show your child Van Gogh's artwork…

When Vivienne was a young woman, she wasn't sure how a working class girl from England could make a living in the art…

  Readers of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild know that walking—and even writing or reading about walking!—can be healing.…

Understand the present world-wide phenonmen of craft beer from the experiences of the founders.  Sean Lewis, a…

Have you ever been in a difficult situation and found yourself asking the question, "What would Arnold Schwarzenegger…

During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was famed in England and the American colonies…

In this book from the Little People Big Dreams series, author Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara explores the life of Wilma…

Discover the old Aztec way of healing, Curandera, through the autobiogrphical account of a psychiatric nurse specialist…

Women who made a difference in science, from Ada Lovelace (computing) to Marie Curie (Physics and Chemistry); these…

As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina…

You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone is a biography of Nico, the cryptic singer from the Velvet Underground. Though her…

Before he became our favorite neighbor on television, little Freddie Rogers was often sick and had trouble making…

The tales of these deities have been depicted by men over the centuries, revealing the ancient roots of toxic female…