Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
By Harald Jähner
An illuminating look at a lesser-examined yet pivotal period.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority
By Anne Anlin Cheng
In probing essays, a scholar examines the contemporary Asian American experience.
In her latest book, the Classics professor sheds new light on Alexander the Great.
Do voters have the tools to wrest power from a strongman?
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.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
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.
