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But Seriously
by John McEnroe
The controversial tennis star and analyst presents a follow-up to "You Cannot Be Serious" that shares additional insights into his life and career while chronicling the past decade of Tour of Champions competitions and special events.
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Finding Gobi : a little dog with a very big heart
by Dion Leonard
While racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, the author, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encounters a stray dog who, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles, gives him a new perspective on life, causing him to fight to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.
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Henry David Thoreau : a life
by Laura Dassow Walls
Traces the life of the extraordinary poet, best known for his meditations on nature at Walden Pond, who also spent time with good friend and neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson and worked as a manual laborer, an inventor and a radical political activist.
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Jane Austen at Home
by Lucy Worsley
A profile of the life and times of Jane Austen by the best-selling author of Courtiers tours the classic author's childhood home, schools, holiday accommodations and grand and small family estates to reveal lesser-known aspects of Austen's character and inspirations.
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Memory's Last Breath : field notes on my dementia
by Gerda Saunders
A former literature professor offers an unsparing account of her life with dementia and what it is like to be an intellectual person who is aware of her irreversible cognitive decline.
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Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne : a life in several acts
by Robert Hofler
A biography of the novelist, celebrity crime reporter, and raconteur describes, for the first time, his rivalry with his brother John Gregory, the gay affairs he had throughout his marriage, and his fights with editors at "Vanity Fair."
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Morningstar : growing up with books
by Ann Hood
The award-winning author of The Book That Matters Most reveals the personal stories behind her written works, describing her early years in a Rhode Island mill town and the books that shaped her love of literature, her political views and her travel ambitions.
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So Much Things to Say : the oral history of Bob Marley
by Roger Steffens
An author who traveled with the Wailers, interviewed Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer extensively and took iconic Bob Marley photos—drawing on 40 years of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers and confidants, many speaking publicly for the first time—crafts a riveting oral history depicting the reggae icon's life through vivid scenes.
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