Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Biography

'Romance is in all of us. We long to fashion romantic careers for ourselves. We yearn to read those of others, whether they be of love, life, wealth'--so wrote artist-journalist Valerie Frankel Cohen in 1936. The Cohen sisters lived frugally, enjoyed mischief and flaunted their unconventional lif...

"For too long, Arthur Tudor has been remembered only for what he never became. The boy who died prematurely and paved the way for the revolutionary reign of his younger brother, Henry VIII. Yet, during his short life, Arthur was at the centre of one of the most tumultuous periods of England's his...

Weaving together his childhood memories and those of his ancestors with the stories of fifteen artisans as their lives intersect over the course of a century, the author reflects on the changes of small-town life in China during the epic shift from agricultural to industrial civilization.

Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series. Some truly remarkable works of art have been inspired by artists spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote te...

"When Kaya Wilson came out to his parents as transgender, a year after a near-death surfing accident and just weeks before his father's death, he was met with a startling family history of concealed queerness and shame. This is a trans story. As Beautiful As Any Other weaves this legacy together ...

A family day at the beach. There's a song, an argument, a dash across the white sand and into the high rolling waves. We're in Cape Town and David Lan is ten years old. Cut to 1969 and, visiting London fresh out of high school, he interviews theatre luminaries Sybil Thorndike, Tom Stoppard, Trev...

For decades, the Kennedy name has been synonymous with wealth, power, and-above all else-integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the Kennedy men's legacy of physical and psychological abuse of women, part of a tradition of toxic masculinity that spans generations and ...