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Biography and Memoir
March 2026

Recent Releases
The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg--And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema by Paul Fischer
The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg--And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
by Paul Fischer

The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries--Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg--revolutionized American cinema, creating the most iconic films in history while risking everything, redefining friendship, and shaping Hollywood as we know it.
Where We Keep the Light: Stories from a Life of Service by Josh Shapiro
Where We Keep the Light: Stories from a Life of Service
by Josh Shapiro

A grounded and intimate portrait of life by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Where We Keep the Light is the story of public service and personal faith--a must-read account of his life and what lies ahead.
Homeschooled: A New York Times Bestselling Memoir and Read with Jenna Pick by Stefan Merrill Block
Homeschooled: A New York Times Bestselling Memoir and Read with Jenna Pick
by Stefan Merrill Block

A heartbreaking, empowering, often hilarious debut memoir about a mother's all-consuming love, a son's perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him.
Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles
Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival
by Trina Moyles

A dazzling memoir about one woman’s coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a meditation on sibling loss. 
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
by Belle Burden

In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was--someone nicknamed Belle the Good--gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice. With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love.
Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History by Andrew Burstein
Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
by Andrew Burstein

The deepest dive yet into the heart and soul, secret affairs, unexplored alliances, and bitter feuds of a generally worshipped, intermittently reviled American icon.
Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery by Gavin Newsom
Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
by Gavin Newsom

From California Governor Gavin Newsom, an intimate and reflective memoir laying bare the defining moments of his liminal childhood splintered by his parents' divorce that shaped Newsom's visionary and relentless commitment to the state and nation.
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