Mixing essays, poetry and images, Claudia Rankine’s new book, Just Us, asks how our notions of whiteness play out in these United States.
Written in Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa’s honest, passionate voice, this memoir is, quite simply, beautiful.
Art history buffs or anyone who likes a good thriller will enjoy ArtCurious, a fascinating, lively take on a topic that is too often reduced to dry facts.
The essays in World of Wonders are as sparkling as an armful of glass bangles and as colorful as peacocks.
The Art of Cake is a whimsically illustrated book about cake, with precise physical descriptions of and historical and cultural context for 50 cakes.
Kate Sekules brings a refreshingly fierce voice to this manifesto about the wastefulness and exploitative practices of the fashion industry.
The Erratics is an unflinching and empathetic memoir of past trauma and new outrage, dotted with precious moments of rueful levity and fleeting beauty.
In Work Mate Marry Love, Debora L. Spar examines historical links between technology, gender, work and family to imagine what the future might look like.
In Sex Robots and Vegan Meat, Jenny Kleeman investigate new technologies poised to change essential industries and human interactions.
What Can a Body Do? by Sara Hendren is a fascinating look at the ingenuity behind newly developed accessible designs.
This collection is essential reading, and its intimate writing style will help readers see disabled folks as the human beings they have always been.
Terry Virts didn’t want to write another typical astronaut book. Instead, he wanted to make the reader say “Wow!” and to make them laugh.
Thomas Judd clearly finds joy in Rutger Bregman’s revelations, making the audiobook a pleasure to listen to.
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