A Free Man A Free Man
Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laurent Dubois
Take the Money and Run Take the Money and Run
New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Made in USA Made in USA
Two books about Kofi Annan illuminate the controlling relationship between the US and the United Nations.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
Empire Fall Empire Fall
A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
The Strains of Inspiration The Strains of Inspiration
The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge's fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Rée
Before the Law Before the Law
Isaac B. Singer: A Life fails to fully illustrate the complexity of the writer's struggle with his heritage.
Feb 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
The Thought Experimenter The Thought Experimenter
A new biography of William James portrays a man who made a brilliant career of asking tough questions.
Feb 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Lears
The Close Reader The Close Reader
William Empson's writing shaped modern criticism. A new biography restores him to his proper eminence.
Feb 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
A Life of His Own A Life of His Own
Victoria Glendinning's biography of Leonard Woolf looks at a remarkable public intellectual whose life and work were eclipsed by his more famous spouse.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
The Collaborator The Collaborator
The Unfree French looks at the German occupation of Vichy; Bad Faith is a grim biography of a French collaborator.
Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell