Strangers to Ourselves is a stunning book about people whose experiences of mental illness exceed the limits of Western psychiatry.
Helen Czerski makes physics fun with her accessible, offbeat style and gift for intriguing anecdotes.
Raising Lazarus, Beth Macy’s follow-up to Dopesick, will radically change your opinions on the opioid crisis.
As told to Dr. Moiya McTier, the Milky Way details its page-turning life story, full of drama and humor.
Mark Miodownik examines the prominence of liquids (drinking water, bottled soap, the list goes on) and the critical roles they play in the modern world.
Bryson delves into the history of anatomy, examines the nature of disease and pain, and generally explores the ways in which our bodies function.
Though Nuar Alsadir set out to write a book about laughter, Animal Joy is a far deeper study of how we express and understand our most powerful emotions.
In American Rascal, Greg Steinmetz tells robber baron Jay Gould’s rags-to-riches story and gives a nuanced view of why he matters to American history.
A relationship is a living thing, and as Elizabeth Crane writes her way through the end of her marriage, she reveals pleasures mingled with pain.
Hugh Eakin’s rapturous storytelling makes Picasso’s War a spellbinding, page-turning read about the fight to bring Picasso’s work to America.
In 17 original essays, U.S. veterans share their reasons for deciding to serve, why they became disillusioned with the military and why they now feel the need to speak out against its misguided policies.
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