With a small group of fellow explorers, Leon McCarron followed the Tigris River from its mountainous source to its mouth at the Persian Gulf. His travelogue, "Wounded Tigris", is a brilliant record of latter-day Mesopotamia and the... Read More

A sobering dispatch from a past marked by familiar prejudices, "The Trials of Madame Restell" is Nicholas L. Syrett’s consequential biography of a woman who defied changing norms to protect women’s health. Ann Trow—later known as... Read More

"An Intriguing Heritage" is the thorough genealogical record of one Black American family. Harry Kendall Dowdy Jr.‘s detailed family biography "An Intriguing Heritage" is presented as a microcosm of Black American experiences since the... Read More

Kylie Flanagan’s ecological book "Climate Resilience" assembles diverse viewpoints on solving the climate crisis and on making communities more sustainable. Drawing on interviews with thirty-nine climate justice leaders and centering... Read More

Roaring through a divine origin story with righteous feminist fury, "Lilith" demands a revision of what many think of as the truth. Lilith was not made for Adam—they were made for one another. Once, Adam knew this. But he began to... Read More

"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

A botanist hurries to find a murderer who uses poisonous bouquets as their calling card in Kate Khavari’s charming series mystery novel A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality. At University College London in the early 1920s, men... Read More