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Motherland

By Julia Ioffe

U.S. national security, foreign policy and politics reporter Julia Ioffe makes her literary debut with Motherland, a book that seeks to show how Russia’s history is inextricably linked to its women. Ioffe, whose family escaped the Soviet Union and migrated to New York City when she was 7, puts her formidable journalism skills to use as she braids family memoir with history, illuminating how the country’s treatment of women paved the way to the rise of today’s authoritarian government.

U.S. national security, foreign policy and politics reporter Julia Ioffe makes her literary debut with Motherland, a book that seeks to show how Russia’s history is inextricably linked to its women. Ioffe, whose family escaped the Soviet Union and migrated to New York City when…

Black in Blues

By Imani Perry

Imani Perry showed her ability to weave historical research with sharp, sparkling analysis in 2022’s National Book Award-winning South to America. In Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, she explores how the color blue has been intertwined with Black life: in the dyeing of indigo, the religious traditions of various African cultures, the literature of Zora Neale Hurston, the revolutionary politics of Black freedom fighters and much more.

Imani Perry showed her ability to weave historical research with sharp, sparkling analysis in 2022’s National Book Award-winning South to America. In Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, she explores how the color blue has been intertwined with Black…

The Crazies

By Amy Gamerman

Who owns the wind? A fifth-generation rancher and billionaire go to court over the matter in Amy Gamerman’s captivating The Crazies.

Who owns the wind? A fifth-generation rancher and billionaire go to court over the matter in Amy Gamerman’s captivating The Crazies.

Embers of the Hands

By Eleanor Barraclough

The stunning, adventurous Embers of the Hands examines the lives of everyday Vikings who otherwise might have been lost to history.

The stunning, adventurous Embers of the Hands examines the lives of everyday Vikings who otherwise might have been lost to history.

A Small Place

By Jamaica Kincaid

Everyone living in our so-called “post” colonial world, especially anyone who’s ever been a tourist, should read Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place.

Everyone living in our so-called “post” colonial world, especially anyone who’s ever been a tourist, should read Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place.

African History of Africa, An

By Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi’s incredible An African History of Africa should be studied in every school across the West.

Zeinab Badawi’s incredible An African History of Africa should be studied in every school across the West.

In Open Contempt

By Irvin Weathersby Jr.

Irvin Weathersby Jr.’s indispensable In Open Contempt examines how we bear witness to sites and perpetrators of racial trauma.

Irvin Weathersby Jr.’s indispensable In Open Contempt examines how we bear witness to sites and perpetrators of racial trauma.

A Man on Fire

By Douglas R. Egerton

Douglas R. Egerton’s magnificent, exhaustively researched and beautifully written A Man on Fire charts the extraordinary life of multitalented abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Douglas R. Egerton’s magnificent, exhaustively researched and beautifully written A Man on Fire charts the extraordinary life of multitalented abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

The Icon and the Idealist

By Stephanie Gorton

The Icon and the Idealist is a compelling, warts-and-all dual biography of the warring leaders of the early 20th-century birth control movement: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett.

The Icon and the Idealist is a compelling, warts-and-all dual biography of the warring leaders of the early 20th-century birth control movement: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett.

The Cure for Women

By Lydia Reeder

Lydia Reeder celebrates the female physician who debunked sexist Victorian-era medicine in The Cure for Women.

Lydia Reeder celebrates the female physician who debunked sexist Victorian-era medicine in The Cure for Women.

Resist

By Rita Omokha

Rita Omokha’s Resist is a must-read for anyone looking to dive into the history of Black youth activism and its immense impact on America.

Rita Omokha’s Resist is a must-read for anyone looking to dive into the history of Black youth activism and its immense impact on America.

Golden Years

By James Chappel

James Chappel’s thought-provoking Golden Years offers strategies to understand and address the needs of America’s aging population.

James Chappel’s thought-provoking Golden Years offers strategies to understand and address the needs of America’s aging population.

Custodians of Wonder

By Eliot Stein

Eliot Stein’s vivid Custodians of Wonder documents the last people maintaining some of the world’s ancient cultural traditions, and proves that comfort, community and beauty never get old.

Eliot Stein’s vivid Custodians of Wonder documents the last people maintaining some of the world’s ancient cultural traditions, and proves that comfort, community and beauty never get old.

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