History, Biographies, & Memoirs

Hardcover, 320 pages Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-a...

8-12 years 96 pages Inspired by the 2017 short film The Pirate Captain, Arnon Shorr and Joshua Edelglass bring an exciting, kid friendly version of...

A captivating, revealing biography of the legendary musician and poetLeonard Cohen opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man’s life in 2016...

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

304 Pages, Hardcover by Lillian Faderman A lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States...

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...

Signed by the author exclusively for the Weitzman Hardcover, 352 pages The world of comedy and comedians of the last five decades. By the man the N...

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 Winner of the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography & MemoirBest Graphic Novels of the Year--ForbesJewis...

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 ...

Hardcover, 480 pages For anyone who loves American comedy, the long wait is over. Here are the never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and r...

The Weitzman is thrilled to host the Koshersoul book release with Michael Twitty and Joan Nathan! Join us in person, book signings available! Thu...

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...

Hardcover, 272 pages A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of Th...

Hardcover: 576 PagesOne of the most important stories of World War II, alreadyoptioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacula...

Paperback: 288 pagesElie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate,activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of m...

Paperback: 216 pages On April 6, 1973, Ron Blomberg took a swing at home plate that changed baseball history. Through a quirk of fate the young Jew...