New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Minghui Hu, “China’s Transition to Modernity: The New Classical Vision of Dai Zhen” (U of Washington Press, 2015)

   Published: 9/15/2015
2. Kecia Ali, “The Lives of Muhammad” (Harvard UP, 2014)

   Published: 8/25/2015
3. Daisy Hay, “Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli: A Strange Romance” (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2015)

   Published: 7/25/2015
4. Donald Dewey, “Lee J. Cobb: Characters of an Actor” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)

   Published: 6/20/2015
5. Sally G. McMillen, “Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life” (Oxford University Press, 2015)

   Published: 6/14/2015
6. Meryle Secrest, “Elsa Schiaparelli: A Biography” (Knopf, 2014)

   Published: 6/2/2015
7. Michael Leggiere, “Blucher: Scourge of Napoleon” (U Oklahoma Press, 2014)

   Published: 5/1/2015
8. Thomas Kemple, “Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism: Weber’s Calling” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

   Published: 4/28/2015
9. Nick Wilding, "Galileo's Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge" (U Chicago Press, 2014)

   Published: 3/16/2015
10. Nick Wilding, “Galileo’s Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge” (U Chicago Press, 2014)

    Published: 3/15/2015
11. Justin Martin, “Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America’s First Bohemians” (Da Capo Press, 2014)

    Published: 3/10/2015
12. Alina Garcia-Lapuerta, “La Belle Creole” (Chicago Review Press, 2014)

    Published: 2/18/2015
13. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, “Patrice Lumumba” (Ohio University Press, 2014)

    Published: 2/2/2015
14. James Mace Ward, “Priest, Politician, Collaborator: Jozef Tiso and the Making of Fascist Slovakia” (Cornell UP, 2013)

    Published: 12/25/2014
15. S. Duncan Reid, “Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz” (McFarland, 2013)

    Published: 12/18/2014
16. Janet Sims-Wood, “Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University” (The History Press, 2014)

    Published: 10/15/2014
17. Ernest Harsch, “Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary” (Ohio UP, 2014)

    Published: 10/10/2014
18. Rebecca Rogers, “A Frenchwoman’s Imperial Story” (Stanford UP, 2013)

    Published: 10/2/2014
19. Karen Abbott, “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War” (Harper, 2014)

    Published: 9/8/2014
20. Melanie C. Hawthorne, "Finding the Woman Who Didn't Exist: The Curious Life of Gisele d'Estoc" (U Nebraska Press, 2014)

    Published: 8/11/2014