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"Sir Elton John is a living superlative. As the solo musical artist who has sold more records worldwide than any other, his biography is packed with mosts-buoyed by the fact that he is now in his sixth decade in the music business, enacting his...

The remarkable life and legacy of singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Rocketing to fame at age 15 with her controversial debut "Society's child," Ian's career has shattered barriers and given voice to unvarnished truths. Her iconic anthem "At seventeen"...

This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily--her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER The Centaur is a modern retelling of the legend of Chiron, the noblest and wisest of the centaurs, who, painfully wounded yet unable to die, gave up his immortality on...

"The arc of literary giant John Updike's life emerges in these luminous daily letters to family, friends, editors, and lovers--a remarkable outpouring over six decades, from his earliest consciousness as a writer to his final days. As James Schiff...