New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Adam Zamoyski, "Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess" (William Collins, 2024)

   Published: 8/24/2024
2. Rachel Kousser, "Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great" (Mariner Books, 2024)

   Published: 8/22/2024
3. Lesley Smith, "Fragments of a World: William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

   Published: 8/16/2024
4. Shaul Magid, "Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical" (Princeton UP, 2021)

   Published: 8/15/2024
5. A Hidden Life (with Brian Zahnd)

   Published: 8/15/2024
6. James Madison and the Spirit of Self-Government: A Conversation with Colleen Sheehan

   Published: 8/14/2024
7. Zoë Bossiere, "Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir" (Abrams Press, 2024)

   Published: 8/12/2024
8. Paul Volcker: “The only number that works is zero”

   Published: 8/9/2024
9. Arthur Burns: “The smartest guy in the room”

   Published: 8/8/2024
10. Bill Martin: “Truman looked at him and said: ‘Traitor’”

    Published: 8/7/2024
11. Na'ou Liu, "Urban Scenes" (Cambria Press, 2023)

    Published: 8/7/2024
12. Alexandra Popoff, "Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success" (Yale UP, 2024)

    Published: 8/6/2024
13. Edward Shanks, "The People of the Ruins" (MIT Press, 2024)

    Published: 8/6/2024
14. Marriner Eccles: Reform “may not have happened in 1935 if Eccles hadn't been there”

    Published: 8/6/2024
15. Yiman Wang, "To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 8/4/2024
16. Douglas Greene, "The New Reformism and the Revival of Karl Kautsky: The Renegade's Revenge" (Routledge, 2024)

    Published: 8/4/2024
17. Laura Beers. "Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century" (Norton, 2024)

    Published: 8/3/2024
18. Iman Mersal, "Traces of Enayat" (Transit Books, 2023)

    Published: 8/3/2024
19. Shaul Magid on the Jewish Radicalism of Meir Kahane (JP, Eugene Sheppard)

    Published: 8/1/2024
20. Tim Cooper, "When Christians Disagree: Lessons from the Fractured Relationship of John Owen and Richard Baxter" (Crossway, 2024)

    Published: 7/30/2024