Covering urban theory, global politics, and ecological urgency, "Citizen One" is a compelling—and personal—social science survey. "Citizen One", Douglas Stuart McDaniel’s ambitious memoir–cum–social science survey, reckons with... Read More

"The Saundra Gray Affair" is a political thriller about the personal costs of leading a public life. Set in Washington, DC, Daniel Yager’s "The Saundra Gray Affair" is a tense thriller about political scandals and their personal costs.... Read More

Arie Kaplan’s bright, jargon-free volume of global folklore blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence. Asserting that superstition is a universal language, the book explores themes including birth, death, and romance... Read More

"The End of Meaning" is a sweeping, somber philosophy text that describes a bevy of cultural losses and bemoans the fragility of social conditions for meaning. William A. Sikes’s cultural history book "The End of Meaning" is about... Read More

Informative and uplifting, the self-help guidebook Taking the Stairs & Liking It models empathetic, values-based self-improvement. Lauren Speeth’s Taking the Stairs & Liking It is a polished motivational guidebook rooted in... Read More

Questions about the nature of justice, complicity, and where optimism ends arise in "Odyssey Moscow", a memoir about being persecuted by the Russian state. American investor Michael Calvey’s revelatory memoir "Odyssey Moscow"... Read More

Be Steadwell’s novel "Chocolate Chip City" is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn to Black love, Black queerness, and Black spirit that pulses with the joy of existence. The Jones sisters—Ella, Jasmine, and... Read More

Fatma Qandil’s literary novel "Empty Cages" moves with quiet intent, tracing a life through memory’s fragments. Herein, empty cages offer both release and confinement, holding a life that teeters between adventure and the mundane.... Read More