Spiegel Grau imprint: 193 books
The Long Journey Home
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
First introduced to the world in her sons’ now-classic memoirs—Augusten Burroughs’s Running with Scissors and John Elder Robison’s Look Me in the Eye—Margaret Robison now tells her own haunting and lyrical story. A poet and teacher by profession, Robison describes her Southern Gothic childhood,...
Who Am I?
And If So, How Many?
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
TRANSLATED INTO 23 LANGUAGES, WITH MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD
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What is truth? What is love? Does life have meaning? Bestselling author Richard David Precht, “the Mick Jagger of the nonfiction book” (Tagesanzeiger Zürich), has traveled the globe...
by Yuval Noah Harari
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today’s most pressing issues.**
“Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about...
Nine Lives
Death and Life in New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.
“Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that...
The Democracy Project
A History, a Crisis, a Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world—democracy—and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America
Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution—from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate...
by Mike Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system,...
Fraternity
In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
San Francisco Chronicle • The Plain Dealer
The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor**
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On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month, the...
Factory Girls
From Village to City in a Changing China
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China.
China has 130 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history. In Factory Girls, Leslie T. Chang, a former correspondent for the Wall...
Nothing to Envy
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
An eye-opening account of life inside North Korea—a closed world of increasing global importance—hailed as a “tour de force of meticulous reporting” (The New York Review of Books)
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
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In this landmark addition...
Ghettoside
A True Story of Murder in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, USA TODAY, AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS...
Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition)
A Story of Justice and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
**#1 *NEW YORK TIMES *BESTSELLER • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time, as seen in the HBO documentary True Justice
“[Bryan Stevenson’s]...
I Can't Breathe
A Killing on Bay Street
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police—from the bestselling author of The Divide
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old...
An Unquenchable Thirst
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
“A candid, generous, and profound spiritual memoir that deserves a great deal of thoughtful discussion.”—Anne Rice**
At seventeen, Mary Johnson experienced her calling when she saw a photo of Mother Teresa on the cover of...
Switched On
A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
Imagine spending the first forty...