Biografier og autobiografier

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy  “[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably …

A captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir  “Ruby Lal coaxes the remarkable …

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves   In …

The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis   For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940–2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil …

An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents   On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred …

Women are an essential part of the history of the piano—but how many women pianists can you name?   Throughout most of the piano’s history, women pianists lacked access to formal …

A powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world traveler   Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and …

Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer  “Klagsbrun’s biography arrives at a …

An illuminating biography reconstructing the life and legacy of a unique king in world history and the most famous emperor in South Asian history  “Mr. Olivelle has produced an …

A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights  “Lahr’s cogent analyses are revelatory. . . …