Ecco: 398 books
Londoners
The Days and Nights of London Now--As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
“Craig Taylor is the real deal: a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman.”
—David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Fraud and Half Empty
“Londoners is a wonderful book—I wanted it to be twice as long.”
—Diana Athill, New York Times bestselling author of Somewhere...
by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
From the author of the international bestseller The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, a brilliant satirical novel set in modern Sweden—a story of idealism and fanaticism, gangsters and entrepreneurs, sensationalism and spirituality, that explores the values that matter...
The Emperor of Wine
The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr., and the Reign of American Taste
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
The first book to chronicle the rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr., the world's most influential and controversial wine critic, who, over the last twenty–five years, has dominated the international wine world and embodied the triumph of American taste.
This is the story of how an American lawyer...
Beatles '66
The Revolutionary Year
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture.
They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages...
by Peggy Guggenheim
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A patron of art since the 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider's view of the early days of modern art, with revealing accounts of her eccentric wealthy family, her personal and professional relationships, and often surprising portrayals of the artists themselves....
Kickflip Boys
A Memoir of Freedom, Rebellion, and the Chaos of Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
“Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of being the father of adolescent boys.” —Michael Chabon
“What a riveting, touching, and painful read!” —Maria Semple
“Fun, moving, raw, and relatable.” —Tony Hawk
What makes a good father, and what...
by Questlove
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Esquire • PopSugar • The Huffington Post • Buzzfeed • Publishers Weekly
A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove—inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life
Questlove—musician, bandleader, designer,...
by R. K. Narayan
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
"I am inclined to call this the last chapter, but how can an autobiography have a final chapter? At best, it can only be a penultimate one; nor can it be given a rounded-off conclusion, as is possible in a work of fiction." So begins the last chapter of My Days, the only memoir from R. K....
And Still I Rise
Black America Since MLK
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The companion book to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s PBS series, And Still I Rise—a timeline and chronicle of the past fifty years of black history in the U.S. in more than 350 photos.
Beginning with the assassination of Malcolm X in February 1965, And Still I Rise: From Black Power to the White...
Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll
How Food Lovers, Free Spirits, Misfits and Wanderers Created a New American Profession
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
An all-access history of the evolution of the American restaurant chef
Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll transports readers back in time to witness the remarkable evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and '80s. Taking a rare, coast-to-coast perspective, Andrew Friedman goes...
Lara
The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya—the true tragedy behind the timeless classic, and a harrowing look at how the Russian government has treated dissidents
When Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government...
My Usual Table
A Life in Restaurants
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
My Usual Table is a love letter to the great restaurants that have changed the way we eat—from Trader Vic’s to Chez Panisse and Spago to elBulli—and a vivid memoir of a life lived in food, from a founding editor of Saveur and James Beard Award-winning writer Colman Andrews.
For reviewer,...
Rich and Pretty
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
This irresistible debut, set in contemporary New York, provides a sharp, insightful look into how the relationship between two best friends changes when they are no longer coming of age but learning how to live adult lives.
As close as sisters for twenty years, Sarah and Lauren have been together...
Congo
The Epic History of a People
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck’s rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic...