History, Biographies, & Memoirs

In 1941, three brothers witnessed their parents and two other siblingsbeing led away to their eventual murders. It was a grim scene that would,of c...

Follow the inspiring life of Martin Luther King Jr. in a moving, vital, and informative book by an author and an illustrator with close ties to Dr...

8-12 years 120 pages The Ivy Hero is the true story of Sergeant William (Bill) Shemin, child of immigrants, an American soldier who fought in Wor...

In Einstein, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Jerel Dye take us behind the veneer of Einstein’s celebrity, painting a complex and intimate portrait ...

Hardcover, 128 pages Renegade Women in Film and TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating biographical profiles, and exclusive interviews with...

Famous for his trademark use of unique materials and his creation of one-of-a-kind, "million dollar" shoes for Oscar nominees, American designer S...

In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. ...

An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationshi...

80 pages, Hardcover Andy Warhol, the iconic Pop artist, presented himself as the vacuous, dumb kid, famously saying, "If you want to know all about...

Hardcover, 384 pages A New York Times bestsellerIn this triumphant memoir, Carl Bernstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of All the Presiden...

Hardcover, 295 pages by Art Spiegelman This is a box set containing Maus Volume 1 & 2 The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek...

Maus es la biografía de Vladek Spiegelman, un judío polaco superviviente de los campos de exterminio nazis, contada a través de su hijo Art, un dib...

Hardcover, 295 pages by Art Spiegelman The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, ...

400 pages, Hardcover By Dvora Hacohen The authoritative biography of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, introduces a new generation to a rema...

Hardcover, 272 pages An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world’s greatest and most successful magician, captur...

240 pages, Hardcover by Ken Krimstein An NPR Best Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Chicago Tribune Fall "Best Read"An Alma ...

12 years and up Hardcover, 160 pages By Julie Merberg Thirty-six mini biographies of groundbreaking, outspoken, odds-defying, Jewish women explo...

About Koshersoul: 320 pages, hardcover The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of ...

By Michael Twitty Hardcover, 120 pages Among the staple foods most welcomed on southern tables—and on tables around the world—rice is without quest...

By Michael Twitty Available in paperback and hardcover, 480 pages 2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year | 2018 James Beard Foundation Book...

By Susan Dyshel Sommovilla From Hans to Henry--A Holocaust Survivor's Story: A brother's disability, a yellow bicycle, a camera, a little black add...

One of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust, read by tens of millions of people around the world since its publication in 1947.Th...

704 pages, paperback You’ll find everything you need to know about being Jewish in this indispensable, revised and updated guide (2023) to the rel...

By Maira KalmanPaperback: 480 pagesEnergized and inspired by the 2008 elections, celebrated illustrator Maira Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C., ...