New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb, "The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics" (Oxford UP, 2021)

   Published: 7/9/2024
2. Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992)

   Published: 7/7/2024
3. Timothy Grieve-Carlson, "American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 7/6/2024
4. Jeremy Black, "Defoe's Britain" (St. Augustine's Press, 2023)

   Published: 7/5/2024
5. Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 7/5/2024
6. Verso l’Alto (with Christine Wohar)

   Published: 7/4/2024
7. Michelle T. King, "Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food" (Norton, 2024)

   Published: 7/3/2024
8. Lance J. Sussman, "Portrait of an American Rabbi: In His Own Words" (Xlibris US, 2023)

   Published: 7/2/2024
9. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, "An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948" (Columbia UP, 2024)

   Published: 6/29/2024
10. The (ir)Rational Mob: On the Life and Legacy of Gustave Le Bon

    Published: 6/29/2024
11. Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn, "The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea" (Academic Studies Press, 2023)

    Published: 6/28/2024
12. Jeremy Schipper, "Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial" (Princeton UP, 2022)

    Published: 6/27/2024
13. Peter Hill, "Prophet of Reason: Science, Religion and the Origins of the Modern Middle East" (Oneworld Academic, 2024)

    Published: 6/26/2024
14. Ann Powers, "Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell" (Dey Street Books, 2024)

    Published: 6/24/2024
15. Paula Marie Seniors, "Mae Mallory, the Monroe Defense Committee, and World Revolutions: African American Women Radical Activists" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

    Published: 6/22/2024
16. Jared Stearns, "Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers" (Headpress, 2024)

    Published: 6/14/2024
17. Christopher William England, "Land and Liberty: Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

    Published: 6/14/2024
18. Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)

    Published: 6/11/2024
19. Peter Bergamin, "The Making of the Israeli Far-Right: Abba Ahimeir and Zionist Ideology” (I. B. Tauris, 2019)

    Published: 6/10/2024
20. Aaron Fischman, "A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back" (Sports Publishing, 2024)

    Published: 6/7/2024