New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Carolyn Burke, “No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf” (Knopf, 2011)

   Published: 3/1/2012
2. John Bloom, “There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell” (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010)

   Published: 2/27/2012
3. Mia Bay, “To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells” (Hill and Wang, 2009)

   Published: 2/24/2012
4. Vincent Carretta, “Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage” (University of Georgia Press, 2011)

   Published: 2/16/2012
5. Amanda Smith, “Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson” (Knopf, 2011)

   Published: 2/1/2012
6. Adrian Burgos, Jr., “Cuban Star: How One Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball” (Hill and Wang, 2011)

   Published: 1/26/2012
7. Randy Roberts, “Joe Louis: Hard Times Man” (Yale UP, 2010)

   Published: 1/17/2012
8. Jean H. Baker, “Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion” (Hill and Wang, 2011)

   Published: 12/22/2011
9. Stacy Schiff, “Cleopatra: A Life” (Back Bay Books, 2011)

   Published: 12/7/2011
10. Frank Wcislo, “Tales of Imperial Russia: The Life and Times of Sergei Witte, 1849-1915” (Oxford UP, 2011)

    Published: 12/2/2011
11. Kitty Kelley, “Oprah: A Biography” (Three Rivers Press, 2011)

    Published: 11/15/2011
12. Ronald Reng, “A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke” (Yellow Jersey Press, 2011)

    Published: 11/11/2011
13. Charles J. Shields, “And So It Goes. Kurt Vonnegut, A Life” (Henry Holt, 2011)

    Published: 11/9/2011
14. Rosamund Bartlett, “Tolstoy: A Russia Life” (Houghton Mifflin, 2011)

    Published: 11/4/2011
15. Alan Nadel, “August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle” (University of Iowa Press, 2010)

    Published: 5/30/2011
16. Jonathan Steinberg, “Bismarck: A Life” (Oxford UP, 2011)

    Published: 5/24/2011
17. Megan Marshall, “The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism” (Houghton Mifflin, 2005)

    Published: 4/15/2011
18. Carol Bundy, “The Nature of Sacrifice: A Biography of Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., 1835-64” (FSG, 2005)

    Published: 4/8/2011
19. Benjamin Binstock, “Vermeer’s Family Secrets: Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown Apprentice” (Routledge, 2009)

    Published: 3/9/2011
20. J. Arch Getty, “Ezhov: The Rise of Stalin’s Iron Fist” (Yale UP, 2008)

    Published: 2/23/2011