Before the Gilded Age
By Mark L. Goldstein
Meet the most noteworthy financier you’ve never heard of.
Washington’s Gay General
By Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings
A queer Revolutionary War hero gets his glorious due.
Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
By Bill Schutt
Those pearly whites do more than just shine.
City of Dancing Gargoyles
By Tara Campbell
Humans are pushed off center stage in a world transformed by climate change.
The Electrocution of Baby Lawrence: A Murder That Shook a New England Town
By James E. Overmyer
Did a wealthy lawyer intentionally kill his Down Syndrome son?
A Day in September: The Battle of Antietam and the World It Left Behind
By Stephen Budiansky
A deeply human account of the Civil War conflict that changed everything.