"A Slow, Calculated Lynching" is Devery S. Anderson’s biography of Clyde Kennard, whose desire for an education and opportunities led to his gradual martyrdom. Kennard was born in Mississippi in 1927; he grew up facing entrenched... Read More

Judith Hicks Stiehm’s thorough biography covers the legal career of the United States’s first woman attorney general. Reno grew up “deeply rooted in Miami” at a time when the future metropolis retained a small-town feel. Her... Read More

The historical biographies collected in Elizabeth Cobbs’s "Fearless Women" cover those who advanced women’s rights at each stage in American history. Arguing for broader definitions of feminism and patriotism that encompass their... Read More

Written in a welcoming tone, Vasudha Viswanath’s cookbook "The Vegetarian Reset" shares fresh alternatives to vegetarian diet staples like “lab-grown burgers” and carbohydrate-laden pastas and rices. These “moderately low-carb”... Read More

Anastasia C. Curwood’s vibrant biography of Shirley Chisholm reveals a tenacious congresswoman and presidential candidate. Curwood writes that Chisholm, the daughter of Caribbean immigrants and a Democratic party trailblazer, possessed... Read More

"The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein" trace the enigmatic genius’s 1925 tour through Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Einstein agreed to the extended visit for academic and humanitarian reasons; he was also trying to end an affair... Read More

Melissa Thompson’s enticing Jamaican-inspired cookbook "Motherland" combines a solemn history of the Caribbean island nation with notes about its delicious food and spirited reputation. The daughter of a Jamaican father and Maltese... Read More

Chinese-ish is a vibrant collaborative cookbook created by Asian Australian friends Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu. The pair share a passion for food and the experience of growing up in millennial Melbourne as the children of immigrants.... Read More