Results for Biography

Historian Brenda Wineapple talked about The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a…

Historian Susan Ronald talked about her book, Condé Nast: The Man and His Empire -- A Biography, in which she recounted the life of the publishing magnate whose magazine empire included Vogue and Vanity Fair.

George Packer talked about his book, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century , on…

Historian Nigel Hamilton discussed the last of his three-volume biography of President Franklin D.

Legal analyst and Supreme Court biographer Joan Biskupic talked about her book, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts. She was joined in conversation by…

III, 1856-1860, in which he continued his multi-volume political biography of Abraham Lincoln with a focus on the years leading up to Lincoln's presidential victory, 1856-1860.

Jean Edward Smith talked about his biography FDR, published by Random House.

Andrea Barnet, author of Visionary Women:How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters…

Biographer Benjamin Moser talked about his book, Sontag: Her Life and Work, in which he recounted the…

She spoke on the History and Biography Stage at the 16th annual National Book Festival, held at the Walter E.

Bradley Birzer talked about Russell Kirk: American Conservative, his biography of influential conservative writer Russell Kirk.

Four authors talked about biography and their books on the lives of legendary African Americans.

Farrell spoke about how he utilizes the Stanford University archives to research his next work, a biography on former Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.

This was a 10:00 a.m. program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 9th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall.

Book TV presented coverage of the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards, which recognizes books in a range of categories, from biography and science writing to essays and poetry.

Wayne Temple talked about his book, Lincoln's Confidant, which is the first biography of Mr.

Ben Macintyre reported on a high-ranking KGB spy, Oleg Gordievsky, who worked for British Intelligence during…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed presents a biography of the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson (1865-1869).

James Comey discussed his biography, particularly the issues he faced as director of the FBI.

Miriam Pawel provided a history of California Governor Jerry Brown’s family and its connection to the…