Jo Ann Beard’s essays shimmer with emotional intensity, especially when evoking the flashes of memory that come on the threshold between life and death.
As Menachem Kaiser searches for the story of his Polish Holocaust survivor relatives, he wanders deep into the shadowy realm of Nazi treasure hunters.
Anyone looking to regain control over their time, energy and needs will appreciate Nedra Glover Tawwab’s wisdom and practical advice.
In his totally original memoir, Louis Chude-Sokei captures the prejudices and tensions, pain and promise of being African in Jamaica and the United States.
Heather McGee moves through some of the largest infrastructural deficiencies in the U.S. and explains how systemic racism has led to fewer amenities for all.
The Three Mothers maps the lives of three young civil rights activists long before they raised sons who would become leaders in the movement.
In the fascinating and illuminating Nobody’s Normal, Roy Richard Grinker explores the origins of the stigmatization of mental illness.
Candid, colorful and chock-full of detail, Mike Nichols: A Life is the biography that Nichols well deserves.
Made in China is an excellent explanation of Chinese religious and political history, and how human rights abuses intersect with billion-dollar businesses.
Richard Bradford’s Devils, Lusts, and Strange Desires is the third biography of Highsmith to emerge in recent years, and it is by far the most lurid.
Alexander Larman details one of the royal family’s biggest scandals: When King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry his lover, Wallis Simpson.
Combining science and technology with the emotional human experience, David W. Brown’s The Mission is a fresh look at the future of space exploration.
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