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Jay Weiner, "Professor Berman: The Last Lecture...
In his latest book, journalist Jay Weiner details the extraordinary life of Professor Hy Berman...
49 min
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Nancy Sinkoff, "From Left to Right: Lucy S. Daw...
Sinkoff offers s the first comprehensive biography of Dawidowicz (1915-1990), a pioneer historian in the field that is now called "Holocaust Studies"..
56 min
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Alan Taylor, "Thomas Jefferson’s Education" (W....
Taylor tells the story of how Jefferson’s vision for educating the next generations of American came to be...
32 min
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Elizabeth Goldring, "Nicholas Hilliard: Life of...
Limning – the painting of miniature portraits – was an important art form in 16th-century Europe. Among its greatest practitioners was Nicholas Hilliard...
57 min
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John Hardman, "Marie-Antoinette: The Making of ...
Who was the real Marie-Antoinette?
72 min
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Al Posamentier, "Math Makers: The Lives and Wor...
This charming book is more than just mathematics, because mathematicians are not just makers of mathematics...
53 min
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Larry Wolff, "Woodrow Wilson and the Reimaginin...
Wolff traces how Wilson's emerging definition of national self-determination and his practical application of the principle changed over time as negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference unfolded...
55 min
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Rebecca E. Zietlow, "The Forgotten Emancipator:...
Though the story of emancipation is well known in American history, the roles of many of the key figures involved in it are often overlooked. Among them is James Mitchell Ashley...
50 min
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Mort Zachter, "Red Holzman: The Life and Legacy...
From humble beginnings as the son of immigrant parents growing up in Brooklyn, Holzman paved a path of excellence at every level...
38 min
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Sarah Abrevaya Stein, "A Sephardic Journey Thro...
Stein weaves a narrative tapestry whose threads are drawn from the archives of one Sephardic family, with roots in the city of Salonica, then in the Ottoman Empire, now Thessaloniki in Greece...
47 min
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Phillipa Chong, “Inside the Critics’ Circle: Bo...
How does the world of book reviews work?
39 min
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Sohaira Siddiqui, "Law and Politics Under the A...
Siddiqui conducts a masterful analysis of how conditions of political change and fragmentation generate intellectual debates and fermentation on the often-conflictual interaction of certainty, continuity, and community in Muslim thought and practice....
44 min
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James N. Green, "Exile Within Exiles: Herbert D...
Green tells the story of Herbert Daniel, a significant and complex figure in Brazilian leftist revolutionary politics and social activism from the mid-1960s until his death in 1992...
59 min
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Alistair Sponsel, "Darwin’s Evolving Identity: ...
Dr. Alistair Sponsel talks about Darwin’s experiences on HMS Beagle and his early career as a naturalist...
33 min
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Carol Zaleski, "The Fellowship: The Literary Li...
Starting in the early 1930s, a small group of academics and writers met weekly in a pub in Oxford, England to discuss literature, religion, and ideas. Known as the Inklings...
59 min
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Rupert Lewis, "Marcus Garvey" (UP of West Indie...
Lewis documents the forging of Garvey’s remarkable vision of pan-Africanism and highlights his organizational skills in framing a response to the radical global popular upsurge following the First World War (1914–1918)...
78 min
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Mario T. García, "Father Luis Olivares, A Biogr...
García traces Olivares’ humble beginnings as a poor boy growing up in San Antonio’s west side barrio to his improbable rise as the “Gucci priest” of the Claretian order...
65 min
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Peter J. Boettke, "F. A. Hayek: Economics, Poli...
Boettke explores the life and work of Austrian-British economist, political economist, and social philosopher, Friedrich Hayek...
46 min
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Alan Gallay, "Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empir...
Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way...
84 min
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Christian J. Koot, "A Biography of a Map in Mot...
This is a map that proclaims empire: from the prominent royal arms, to the ships riding at anchor out in what is labelled the ‘North Sea’...
22 min
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D. J. Taylor, "The Lost Girls: Love and Literat...
Who were the Lost Girls?
20 min
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Peter Bergamin, "The Making of the Israeli Far-...
Bergamin positions Ahimeir within the contexts of the Israeli right and the Zionist movement in general, and corrects some common misunderstandings surrounding the man and his ideology...
34 min
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K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alt...
If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change...
36 min
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Andrew R. M. Smith, "No Way But To Fight: Georg...
Smith shows that from his upbringing in Houston’s Fifth Ward to his role as a spokesman for the Foreman Grill, Foreman always fought to redefine himself along with the times...
58 min
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James D. Bratt, "A Christian and a Democrat: A ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when asked at a press conference about the roots of his political philosophy, responded simply, “I am a Christian and a Democrat.”
55 min