As Annalee Newitz shows in Four Lost Cities, an ancient city’s fate was determined by complex interactions of politics, the environment and human choices.
This comprehensive meditation on Black history in the United States features 90 noteworthy Black authors and poets ruminating on the last 400 years.
In Dress Codes, Richard Thompson Ford has created a thorough and well-thought-out history of fashion from a legal and societal perspective.
Dolly Parton’s narration feels natural and off the cuff, like listening to stories from an old friend—and isn’t she the most beloved old friend?
Matthew Salesses invites the reader to rethink the very notion of what constitutes craft and offers alternatives to the usual writing workshop model.
Ethan Kross offers a toolbox full of constructive techniques for quieting our persistent inner voice or, better yet, turning it in a positive direction.
Suleika Jaouad’s engrossing memoir, Between Two Kingdoms, paints a portrait of her experiences during and after treatment for leukemia.
Gabrielle Glaser’s extensive research into adoptions that took place between World War II and 1973 reads like a well-crafted, tension-filled novel.
Set during an era when being Black and accused of a crime was almost a guaranteed death sentence, A Shot in the Moonlight reads like a riveting thriller.
Henry James Garrett provides advice on overcoming limitations to empathy and outlines concrete steps to help you increase your kindness quotient.
Whatever your experience of grief, and whatever your experience of faith, The Night Lake by Liz Tichenor will manage to surprise you.
Michael E. Mann argues for the necessity and possibility of aggressive, systemic changes. It’s a bracing read—both eye-opening and even fun.
The Listening Path focuses on tuning out cluttering noise and redirecting attention constructively to release creative blocks
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