Skyhorse Publishing: 874 books

A captivating study of Renaissance art imitating the life of the artist in “a rich tapestry that intricately weaves the story of an iconic painter” (San Francisco Chronicle). Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606...

An award-winning author recounts the true, tragic confrontation between a young black man and a white cop in “a page-turner that reads like a novel” (San Francisco Chronicle).   On a frigid winter’s night in 1973, William “Rabbit” Wells, a young man of mixed race, was shot and killed by...

Discover the human side of thirteen exceptional athletes in this “fascinating” anthology that explores the fine line between passion and obsession (Michael Connelly, New York Times–bestselling author of Two Kinds of Truth).   So many strive to achieve the life of a champion athlete. But while...

“A highly readable [and] entertaining telling of what a family, and a marriage especially, goes through when hit with autism spectrum disorders” (Winnipeg Free Press).   Honest, heartfelt, and often candidly funny, this account of a year in the life of a family describes the struggle of a father,...

“A must-have for Beatles fans looking for new insight . . . Leonard uncovers fresh ideas [that] six decades of Beatles literature passed over” (The Spectrum).   Part generational memoir and part cultural history of the sixties, Beatleness is the first book to tell the story of the Beatles...

A French painter-turned-soldier’s memoir of a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp and “one of the most sensational escapes from the Nazis in World War II” (Time). French painter Jean Hélion was friends with the likes of Mondrian, Giacometti, and Balthus, and had a role in shaping the path of modern...

“A warm and intelligent biography . . . that successfully and lovingly evokes the world of one of the cinema’s true giants” (Kirkus Reviews). Hailed by Orson Welles as “the greatest of all directors,” Jean Renoir had a career that spanned five decades, and more than forty films—from...

In this thrilling memoir, “the father of the US Navy SEALs” tells his story of founding the most effective and feared fighting force ever conceived (Sedgwick Tourison Jr., author of Secret Army, Secret War). When President John F. Kennedy pressed Congress about America’s “urgent national...

A “fascinating” psychological portrait of Charlie Chaplin and the painful childhood that shaped his comedic masterpieces (Booklist). After nearly a century, Charlie Chaplin’s “Little Tramp” is still one of the most identifiable figures in the history of film. An actor, writer, director,...

The “authentic and definitive” story of Martha Moxley’s murder case, including the conviction of her killer, Michael Skakel—includes photos! (Greenwich Time) On the night before Halloween, 1975, the wealthy community of Greenwich, Connecticut, was rocked by the murder of fifteen-year-old...

“Illuminating insights into the American role in the Great War, as well as stirring examples of, as volunteer Hemingway put it, ‘grace under pressure’” (Publishers Weekly).   They left Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, and Stanford to drive ambulances on the French front, and on the killing...

A lively, witty history of the iconic Italian drinking establishment, a meeting place for literary and artistic luminaries for nearly a century. On the short list of the world’s most famous watering holes—Willi’s Wine Bar in Paris, Jo’s Bar in Prague, the Antico Caffè Greco in Rome—Harry’s...

“A fascinating, and sometimes disturbing” examination of our relationship with artificial intelligence in the tradition of Ray Kurzweil and Michio Kaku (Martin Ford, New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Robots). Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that can respond to a child’s...

From the award-winning author of The Sea and the Silence comes “a superbly crafted psychological thriller” of a man searching for his own secret past (Dermot Bolger, author of An Ark of Light). Writer Alex Smith was born in Ireland, but after making a life with his wife in rural Canada,...