New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

   Published: 4/18/2024
2. Eve Golden, "Strictly Dynamite: The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)

   Published: 4/17/2024
3. Philip Freeman, "Two Lives of Saint Brigid" (Four Courts Press, 2024)

   Published: 4/17/2024
4. Jerry Grillo, "Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

   Published: 4/17/2024
5. D. J. Taylor, "Who Is Big Brother?: A Reader's Guide to George Orwell" (Yale UP, 2024)

   Published: 4/17/2024
6. Thor Rydin, "The Works and Times of Johan Huizinga (1872-1945): Writing History in the Age of Collapse" (Amsterdam UP, 2023)

   Published: 4/17/2024
7. Kerry Wallach, "Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit" (Penn State UP, 2024)

   Published: 4/16/2024
8. Hume, the Epicureans, and the Origins of Liberalism

   Published: 4/10/2024
9. Traian Sandu, "Ceausescu: The Ambiguous Dictator" (Perrin, 2023)

   Published: 4/10/2024
10. Sarah Horowitz, "The Red Widow: The Scandal That Shook Paris and the Woman Behind It All" (Sourcebooks, 2022)

    Published: 4/5/2024
11. Patrick Olivelle, "Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King" (Yale UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/4/2024
12. Marie de Vignerot, Richelieu's Forgotten Advisor and Heiress

    Published: 4/2/2024
13. Paul Carter, "Richard Nixon: California's Native Son" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/29/2024
14. Jamie Goodall, "Daring Exploits of Pirate Black Sam Bellamy: From Cape Cod to the Caribbean" (History Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/28/2024
15. Robin Waterfield, "Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 3/28/2024
16. Adam Lazarus, "The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams" (Citadel Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/27/2024
17. Brent M. Rogers, "Buffalo Bill and the Mormons" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

    Published: 3/24/2024
18. Paul Bew, "Ancestral Voices in Irish Politics: Judging Dillon and Parnell" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Published: 3/22/2024
19. David Ostrowsky, "Roberto Alomar: The Complicated Life and Legacy of a Baseball Hall of Famer" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024)

    Published: 3/22/2024
20. Amy Absher, "Fritzie: The Invented Life and Violent Murder of a Flapper" (U Oklahoma Press, 2023)

    Published: 3/21/2024