New Books in Biography

1663 Episodes

1. Filmmaker, Artist, Writer: A Conversation with Paromita Vohra

   Published: 7/19/2024
2. Fida Jiryis, "Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home" (Hurst, 2022)

   Published: 7/18/2024
3. Diana P. Parsell, "Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington's Cherry Trees" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 7/18/2024
4. Emily Wilbourne, "Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 7/16/2024
5. Tea Krulos, "American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness" (Feral House, 2020)

   Published: 7/12/2024
6. The (ir)Rational Priests: On Ignacio Martín-Baró and Liberation Psychology

   Published: 7/11/2024
7. 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
8. Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992)

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

   Published: 7/6/2024
10. Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 7/5/2024
11. Jeremy Black, "Defoe's Britain" (St. Augustine's Press, 2023)

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

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

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

    Published: 7/2/2024
15. The (ir)Rational Mob: On the Life and Legacy of Gustave Le Bon

    Published: 6/29/2024
16. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, "An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948" (Columbia UP, 2024)

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

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

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

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

    Published: 6/24/2024