Eileen Alexander responded to the onset of World War II with humor and intellect, both of which shine through in this collection of letters to her paramour.
Cody Cassidy delves deep into our primordial past and profiles 17 ancient individuals whom he deems responsible for humankind’s greatest firsts.
Kathryn Harkup unearths the science and stagecraft behind the more than 250 deaths Shakespeare’s characters experience or inflict.
Morgan Jerkins recounts her journey to uncover the meaning of stories from millions of African Americans who moved north during the Great Migration.
Kathryn Aalto provides biographical profiles and brief introductions to the work of 25 nature and environmental writers who are women.
In this fascinating history, Augustine Sedgewick explores the little-known saga of James Hill, an Englishman who founded a coffee dynasty in El Salvador.
In Fighting Words, Nancy F. Cott vividly portrays the important work and complicated lives of four prominent post-World War I foreign correspondents.
Helen Hamilton Gardener may be the most famous suffrage activist you’ve never heard of, and Free Thinker is the compelling narrative of her life.
Bart D. Ehrman details the development of our ideas of heaven and hell and tells how they evolved in response to different cultural and historical crises.
Susan J. Douglas’ book In Our Prime will inflame the hearts of feminists who joined the movement in the 1970s and those who cut their teeth on #MeToo.
Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism critiques feminism’s exclusionary preference for white women and exhorts those who support changing it for the better.
In his compelling and vivid Congress at War, Fergus M. Bordewich delves deep into the difficult day-to-day politics of the 37th and 38th Congresses.
This thought-provoking meditation on solitude lifts up many writers and artists who have embraced seclusion.
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