David Remnick 
Life Stories 

John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? reintroduces a classic chess title to a whole new readership. Chess Strategy was originally published in 1865, and now Brian Gosling investigates the life …

Overwriting the Dictator is literary study of life writing and dictatorship in Americas. Its focus is women who have attempted to rewrite, or overwrite, discourses of womanhood and nationalism in the …

They are often our best friends and share a special bond with us. But what if your dog was more than just a pet? In Dogs for Life, we share the stories of animals with very important jobs to do. …

Aleksandr Chayanov lived and worked in England and Germany in the 1920s, when he wrote many letters. He was also forced to write autobiographical material after his arrest in 1930. Frank Bourgholtzer …

A CLANDESTINE AFFAIR. AN OUTRAGEOUS ELOPEMENT. STOLEN LETTERS. SCHEMING SERVANTS. SEX. SENSATION. CELEBRITY. THIS IS THE SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY. ‘A landmark book; a sweeping, scintillatingly origin …

"For Greater Things: The Story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka" by William T. Kane is an inspiring biography that chronicles the remarkable life and spiritual journey of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, …

Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we …

The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever. On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish priest named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was mur …