Ruth Coker Burks tells of HIV-positive men in the deeply conservative state of Arkansas, where the stigma of homosexuality is nearly as deadly as the virus.
This record of cat history is written in the voice of Baba, a talented tabby, and includes full-color photographs of her in period dress.
In The Light Ages, Seb Falk uses the story of John Westwyk, a 14th-century monk, to explore the scientific explosion that occurred well before the Renaissance.
Simon Garfield’s Dog’s Best Friend explores our bond with dogs, from the original dog-human hunting relationship to today’s designer dogs.
Lisa Feldman Barrett’s Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain sheds some light on our most powerful organ and its intriguing processes.
In Ed Ceasar’s The Moth and the Mountain, some answers to the mystery of climber Maurice Wilson remain shrouded in the mists of Mt. Everest.
An illuminating history of racism in America, White Fright reveals how white anxieties around sexuality shaped the Black experience of social injustice.
In Waste, Catherine Coleman Flowers recounts a lifetime of advocacy that has culminated in the battle for one Alabama county.
Operation Moonglow shows that the Apollo moon landing mission was the single most successful U.S. diplomatic effort of the late 20th century.
Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race, offers a historical and sociological view of the toxic white male identity in Mediocre.
The New Long Life offers a lively survey of a world in which life and work will be altered by increasing longevity and rapidly changing technology.
Hilariously crass, Kelly Conaboy speaks aloud the thoughts of us all of us who love our dogs a little too much.
Nia Gould’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat will be catnip for fans of cats, art, cat puns and expertly rendered illustrations.
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