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Spinoza
Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time “An elegant, relevant …
Alfred Dreyfus
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 …
Herod the Great
A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution “Herod the Great is typical of …
Henrietta Szold
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 …
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis in modern Judaism The Chabad-Lubavitch movement, one of the world’s …
Ayn Rand
A deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans Biographer …