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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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…

Professor Joel Richard Paul talked about Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times, his biography of the fourth and longest-serving chief justice of the United States.

Richard North Smith talked about his approach to writing as he works on his biography of President Gerald Ford.

Professor Brooks Simpson talked about the challenges of writing history and biography.

Joan Biskupic talked about her biography of U.S. ... She previously authored a biography of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.