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Malcolm’s first book in more than five years, this remarkable work of literary biography and investigative journalism, turns on the mysterious survival of Stein and Toklas, as Jewish lesbians in Occupied France. Also a fascinating illumination of the world of Stein scholarship, and a stunningly perceptive work of criticism.  

This major new biography by a distinguished British historian offers a remarkably comprehensive portrait of a leader whose actions changed the course of Western history and resonate some two thousand years later.

Remembered today mainly for a question he never uttered (“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”), Henry Morton Stanley was in truth a brilliant adventurer who overcame a nightmarish childhood to become Africa’s greatest explorer. Drawing on previously closed archives, this grand and colorful biography presents the first accurate picture of Stanley and his ex...

This magisterial biography paints a rich portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville, the French aristocrat whose voyage to America resulted in one of the most vital texts in the history of democratic thought. Hugh Brogan brings Tocqueville to life and elucidates his thinking on the nature of democracy.

This highly entertaining biography draws a full portrait of one of the most colorful figures in English political history, John Wilkes. Remembered as the father of the British free press, a champion of liberty, and a hero to American colonists, Wilkes enjoyed a rancorous political career (involving duels, imprisonments, and a famous massacre) as well as a notorious private life.

A. D. Nuttall’s profound and elegantly written study of Shakespeare’s thought is a literary tour de force, a marvelous inquiry into the questions that engrossed the playwright throughout his life. Nuttall investigates the dynamic nature of Shakespeare’s evolving answers and provides for twenty-first-century readers an unparalleled guide to Shakespea...

In this powerful sequel to Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness, Edward Kaplan tells the story of Heschel’s life and work in America, after his escape from Nazism. A tireless challenger to spiritual and religious complacency, Heschel not only influenced Jewish debate but also wider religious and cultural debates in the postwar decades.

This is volume one of the first biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the outstanding Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. It traces Heschel's life from his birth in Warsaw in 1907 to his emigration to the United States in 1940, describing his roots in Hasidic culture, his Polish and German experiences, and his relations with Martin Buber. A second volume will tell the story of Heschel'...

Alfred Kazin, the son of barely literate Jewish immigrants, rose from near poverty to become a dominant figure in literary criticism and one of America’s last great men of letters. This book provides the first complete portrait of Kazin, his troubled personal life, his relationships with such figures as Lionel Trilling and Hannah Arendt, and his prodigious cont...

Having scoured original sources to uncover the truth of Robert Schumann’s life, John Worthen now offers the first reliable portrait of the enigmatic composer. Far from a depressed and often helpless individual, Schumann emerges in this biography as an astute, witty, and immensely determined creative genius who composed some of the best music of his era.

Tennessee Williams’s Notebooks, here published for the first time, provide a dazzling and uninhibited look into the interior life and creative process of one of America’s great literary geniuses. Encompassing his life from undergraduate days to his death in 1981, the notebooks reveal Williams’s private thoughts, personal encounters, and growth as a writer.

Begun in 1837, Thoreau’s Journal spans twenty-five years and functions as a record of his interior life and a key to his other writings. This beautifully produced gift edition of the Journal, carefully selected and annotated by Jeffrey S. Cramer, provides a fully rounded portrait of Thoreau. The volume will make a welcome addition to any book lover’s libr...