Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his times are brought vividly to life by Nicholas A. Basbanes in his authoritative and wonderfully readable Cross of Snow.
Sitting with Gail Caldwell’s memoir Bright Precious Thing feels like an invitation into her own heart and soul.
Searingly honest and deftly written, Mercy is Marcia Trahan’s story of a unique psychological journey that ends in satisfying self-revelation.
Frances Glessner Lee was an early leader in the emerging forensic sciences and is the subject of Bruce Goldfarb’s 18 Tiny Deaths.
Journalist and author David Stout recounts the bewildering rash of kidnappings that swept the United States during the Great Depression.
Twenty contemporary crime writers leave fiction behind with essays revealing unsolvable riddles from their own lives.
Wendy Lesser’s Scandinavian Noir is a fascinating tribute to a unique breed of mystery. Fans of Nordic noir, take note.
Colin Woodard tackles the evolution of ideas about America’s nationhood leading up to the Civil War in Union.
David Adjmi’s vibrant, scenic memoir, Lot Six, ushers readers into fundamental questions of identity, community and belonging.
Action Park is a wild up-close portrait of a New Jersey amusement park that was horrible or wonderful, depending on your perspective.
Shayla Lawson’s This Is Major is a necessary study of self-enlightenment and the unique power of Black girls: We contain multitudes.
‘Notes on a Silencing’ is a ghastly account, beautifully told, of a teenage girl learning that people in power often value reputation above all else.
Hearing Laymon’s words in his own voice was even more affecting than reading them on the page.
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