Islam Issa’s "Alexandria" is an outstanding biography of a unique city, describing how the Egyptian locale changed from its founding by Alexander the Great into the modern day. “Despite its classical renown and enduring impact,... Read More

Diverse women throughout history are celebrated in the intimate profiles collected in "The Unique Women of the Venetian Republic". Connie Spenuzza’s "The Unique Women of the Venetian Republic" is a sumptuous historical review that... Read More

"Running Up the Mountain" is a fascinating insiders’ account of a collegiate cross-country team’s improbable rise. Matt Baxter and Ron Mann’s inspirational sports history book "Running Up the Mountain" covers the growth of Northern... Read More

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s excellent book "Small Shoes, Great Strides" covers how, in November of 1960, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost made history by going to first grade—as the first Black students at a public school in... Read More

Acclaimed journalist Joaquim Arena traverses the hidden byways of Portugal’s slave trade while reconstructing his own fractured identity in his evocative book "Under Our Skin". After receiving news of his stepfather’s death in... Read More

Mark Kurlansky is the bestselling author of culinary and social histories covering cod, oysters, milk, and salt. His latest book, "The Core of an Onion", gives the starring role to the humble yet essential onion, combining beguiling... Read More

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

Economic history has tended to repeat itself—but there may be a solution, according to the intricate, informative book "Markets in Chaos". Brendan Hughes’s reflective economics text "Markets in Chaos" invites investors to learn from... Read More