Biography

New books from university presses

(1) Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
Robert Zaretsky
ISBN: 9780674737907

Harvard University Press
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(2) Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen
Linda M. Heywood
ISBN: 9780674237445

Harvard University Press
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(3) IrRational Music
by Elliott Sharp
ISBN: 9781949597004

(4) Mens et Mania: The MIT Nobody Knows
by Samuel Jay Keyser
ISBN: 9780262537117

(5) James Loeb: Collector and Patron in Munich, Murnau and Beyond
Mayer, Hermann
ISBN: 9783777430263

University of Chicago Press
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(6) Lincoln's Confidant: The Life of Noah Brooks
Wayne C. TempleEdited by Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis
ISBN: 9780252042171

University of Illinois Press
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(7) Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence
Lee Siegel
ISBN: 9780300244540

Yale University Press
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(8) The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry
Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis
ISBN: 9780300235906

Yale University Press
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(9) Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio
David Thomson
ISBN: 9780300244557

Yale University Press
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