Notable recent releases are listed below. Links to third-party reviews and a publisher’s synopsis will be provided for selected biographies.
Last updated February 25, 2017.
| Hermann Rorschach |
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing by Damion Searls |
Feb 21 |
Release Alert |
| William Faulkner |
William Faulker: A Life Through Novels by Andre Bleikasten |
Feb 13 |
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| Dean Smith |
Dean Smith: A Basketball Life by Jeff Davis |
Feb 7 |
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| Eva Peron |
Evita: The Life of Eva Peron by Jill Hedges |
Jan 30 |
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| Montaigne |
Montaigne: A Life by Philippe Desan |
Jan 24 |
Release Alert |
| Albert Schweitzer |
Albert Schweitzer: A Biography by Nils Ole Oermann |
Jan 24 |
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| Thoreau |
Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau by Kevin Dann |
Jan 3 |
3rd-party reviews |
| Mario Cuomo |
Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man by William O’Shaughnessy |
Jan 2 |
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| Prince |
Prince: Purple Reign by Mick Wall |
Dec 27, 2016 |
Release Alert |
| David Bowie |
The Golden Years: David Bowie by Roger Griffin |
Dec 20 |
Release Alert |
| George Lucas |
George Lucas: A Life by Brian Jay Jones |
Dec 6 |
Release Alert |
| Rasputin |
Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith |
Nov 22 |
Release Alert |
| Queen Victoria |
Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird |
Nov 22 |
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| Alexander Hamilton |
Alexander Hamilton: The Illustrated Biography by Richard Sylla |
Nov 15 |
Release Alert |
| Freud |
Freud: In His Time and Ours by Elisabeth Roudinesco |
Nov 7 |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt |
Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years and After (1939-1962) (Volume 3) by Blanche Wiesen Cook |
Nov 1 |
Release Alert |
| Peter O’Toole |
Peter O’Toole: The Definitive Biography by Robert Sellers |
Nov 1 |
3rd-party reviews |
| Bach |
Bach: A Musical Biography by Peter Williams |
Oct 31 |
Release Alert |
| Brett Favre |
Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre by Jeff Pearlman |
Oct 25 |
Release Alert |
| Al Capone |
Al Capone: His Life, Legacy and Legend by Deirdre Bair |
Oct 25 |
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| Einstein |
Einstein’s Greatest Mistake: A Biography by David Bodanis |
Oct 18 |
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| Enrico Fermi |
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age by Gino Segre |
Oct 18 |
Release Alert |
| Edith Wilson |
Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson by William Hazelgrove |
Oct 17 |
Release Alert |
| Alan Greenspan |
The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan by Sebastian Mallaby |
Oct 11 |
Release Alert |
| Ulysses Grant |
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White, Jr. |
Oct 4 |
3rd-party reviews |
| Karl Marx |
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones |
Oct 3 |
3rd-party reviews |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn |
Sept 27 |
3rd-party reviews |
| Winston Churchill |
Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard |
Sept 20 |
3rd-party reviews |
| FDR & Missy LeHand |
The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR and the Untold Story of the Partnership that Defined a Presidency by Kathryn Smith |
Sept 6 |
3rd-party reviews |
| Hitler |
Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich |
Sept 6 |
3rd-party reviews |
| FDR |
His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt by Joseph Lelyveld |
Sept 6 |
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| Robert Kennedy |
Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon by Larry Tye |
July 5 |
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| George W. Bush |
Bush by Jean Edward Smith |
July 5 |
3rd-party reviews |
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