Holiday book gift guide: Biography and Memoir
Wilson
A.Scott Berg
Putnam, $40
A meticulously detailed memoir of the 28th president, a professor who championed many Progressive Era reforms and waged a battle with Congress to join the League of Nations.
(Stephen Brayda / G.P. Putnams Sons)L.A. Son
My Life, My City, My Food
Roy Choi with Tien Nguyen and Natasha Phan
Anthony Bourdain/Ecco, $29.99
The bad boy pioneer of L.A.’s food-truck craze looks back at his life so far, offering some recipes along the way.
(Ecco / Associated Press)