Elizabeth Breau’s historically astute text connects events in Europe’s and the US’s past to make them more understandable for students doing test preparation. Elizabeth Breau’s educational guide "History According to SAT" shares... Read More

One of the greatest rewards of winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine is the authority it bestows on the winner. But in Heroes & Scoundrels, medical historian Moira Dolan encourages healthy skepticism toward pronouncements from medical... Read More

Damon Garcia’s fiery religious book "The God Who Riots" calls on believers to stand up to capitalistic greed. Viewing faith as that which empowers people to either transform the world for good, or to “justify the world as it is,”... Read More

Filled with encouraging advice, "Ted Kennedy Watson’s Guide to Stylish Entertaining" is a stunning, unfussy, and colorful manual that places emphasis on putting one’s guests at ease, anticipating their needs for eats and ambiance,... Read More

As chef and philanthropist José Andrés notes in his heartfelt introduction: Barbara Abdeni Massad’s cookbook "Forever Beirut" captures the dynamic, cosmopolitan spirit of the Middle Eastern city, all with the hope that someday its... Read More

A taxi driver succumbs to her bizarre, terrifying delusions in Juan José Millás’s novel "Let No One Sleep". From the moment that she heard her downstairs neighbor playing opera through the air vent, Lucía knew that they were... Read More

A former couple’s feelings are tested during a paradise vacation in the lighthearted romance novel "Earning It". Animosity turns to love in E. F. Dodd’s romance novel "Earning It", in which a woman reunites with her ex-boyfriend. Rae... Read More

In Lynn Sloan’s luminous novel "Midstream", a woman’s comfortable, enviable life is upended. In 1974, Polly is thirty-four. The US simmers in discontent. Vietnam protests and feminists who demand equal rights and pay are disturbing... Read More