Susan Polgar, the awe-inspiring first female Grandmaster and only player to earn all six crowns in history, charts how she defied the odds and became one of the most decorated chess champions in the world.
Biographer Mayukh Sen celebrates Merle Oberon, the first actor of color to receive a performance nomination for an Academy Award, and reveals the complicated history of race exclusion in Hollywood.
Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney explores Jane Austen’s literary muses and investigates the disappearance of these writers’ work.
The inspiring, companionable Expect Great Things! celebrates the legacy of the Katharine Gibbs School for women and its tenacious scholars.
Daniel Stone shares the story of Alice Hamilton, the doctor and health advocate who spearheaded the investigation into the deadly effects of leaded gasoline in the 1920s.
Edna Bonhomme’s frank, timely A History of the World in Six Plagues reveals how infectious diseases have been leveraged by colonialism and capitalism.
Richard Overly’s Rain of Ruin masterfully traces the historical, political and philosophical decisions that led to the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Emphasizing personal style, Joan Barzilay Freund’s Defining Style is a freeing, inspiring and extremely innovative look at interior design.
The vibrantly illustrated Fishwife Cookbook is an essential volume for tinned fish converts, written by the women who made it cool.
Kiera Wright-Ruiz explores a host of Latin American cultures in her richly imagined cookbook-memoir, My (Half) Latinx Kitchen.
Lifestyle company Flamingo Estate is most well known for its niche-but-luxury candles, but after reading its founder’s book, you’re likely to consider it a self-help resource as well.
Adam Plunkett’s elegantly written Love and Need offers a candid portrait of Robert Frost’s enduring creative genius.
Mallory O’Meara’s Daughter of Daring chronicles Hollywood’s first stuntwoman and celebrates the brief, vibrant golden age for women in film.
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