Archive for the 'Biography' Category

Hysteria: A Circus

An excerpt from Hysteria: The Biography.

Inhalation Treatment for Asthma:
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company

An excerpt from Asthma: The Biography.

The Discovery of Insulin

An excerpt from Diabetes: The Biography.

Golgi: An Excerpt

An excerpt from Golgi: A Biography of the Founder of Modern Neuroscience.

Jennifer Burns’s Goddess of the Market

An excerpt from Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.

Mario Savio: Freedom’s Orator

An excerpt from Freedom’s Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s.

Albie Sachs: The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law

An excerpt from Albie Sach’s book The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law.

You Really Got Me, Bobby Graham: In Memory

In memory of Bobby Graham.

Translating Clarice Lispector: A Video

A video of Benjamin Moser.

On This Day In History: In Memory of Blind Willie McTell

A post in honor of this great musician.

Editor's Picks