One of Europe’s most visited centers is illuminated in Cynthia Paces’s erudite history book "Prague". Prague, Franz Kafka’s birthplace, has been called “the mistress of all Bohemia.” Here, this riverside site of political... Read More

Kathleen B. Casey’s cultural survey "The Things She Carried" examines purses, pocketbooks, and handbags not through a fashion lens, but as “fraught but vital object[s]” with fascinating histories. The book’s evocative case... Read More

"Choosing Love" is a wise, meditative book about the transformative power of connecting with LGBTQ+ Christians. Featuring interviews with dozens of LGBTQ+ Christians alongside thoughtful perspectives on the Bible and theology, this book... Read More

A forensic reconstruction of the life of North Korea’s founding dictator, Kim Il-sung, Fyodor Tertitskiy’s "Accidental Tyrant" covers the regime that has dominated North Korea for seventy-nine years. A man of many names, the... Read More

Randall Fuller’s history book "Bright Circle" reveals the often-overlooked women at the heart of Transcendentalism. Focusing on the lives and works of a handful of extraordinary minds—Mary Moody Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody,... Read More

Jim Baggott and John L. Heilbron explore the combative history of quantum mechanics in their science book "Quantum Drama". Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr are among the most famous men in physics, yet they employed very different... Read More

Matthew L. Harris’s exposé of one religion’s role in US race relations, "Second-Class Saints" covers an ill-understood episode in Mormon history. The book charts the history of Mormonism’s infamous “priesthood ban,” a... Read More

Gathering disparate records together, Noel Malcolm’s history text addresses male-male relationships from 1400 to 1750 within their historical context. Analyzing literature, newspapers, and court records to explain what was once called... Read More