A book about flying that includes “all the different ways of defying gravity that have been discovered by humans over the centuries and by other animals over millions of years,” Richard Dawkins’s "Flights of Fancy" also includes... Read More

Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller’s "Bad Gays" is about prominent historical queer figures whose “evilness” is often overlooked when discussing the history of queer politics, and whose queerness is often overlooked when discussing the... Read More

George Uba’s memoir Water Thicker Than Blood reflects upon the personal and cultural intricacies of Japanese American life, before and after World War II. Following the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, President Roosevelt ordered all US... Read More

South African chef Mogau Seshoene’s cookbook Hosting with the Lazy Makoti: A Celebration of Food is a vibrant compilation of recipes. Seshoene has a notable social media presence, and she founded her Lazy Makoti culinary platform in... Read More

A grieving woman’s suicide launches an exploration into unexplored possibilities in Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood’s novel "Constellations of Eve". In this universe, the story of Eve, Liam, and Blue—mother, father, and son—does not end... Read More

A Syrian refugee experiences financial difficulties, family separation and loss, and a dangerous sea crossing in this second volume of "Hakim’s Odyssey". Forced to flee Syria, Hakim now lives in Turkey with his wife, Najmeh, and his... Read More

In 1971, Anthony Scaduto’s Bob Dylan became the first investigative biography of the greatest modern songwriter, examining his formative years in the New York folk scene and the evolution of his musical style and persona. Scaduto... Read More

Collected by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Andrew S. Curran, the essays of "Who’s Black and Why?" represent a fascinating look into the eighteenth-century invention of the concept of race. In 1741, the Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of... Read More