Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

The USSR played a key role in Mao’s rise and rule.

American Poison

By Daniel Stone

American Poison

A timely tale about corporate whitewashing that contaminated a nation.

Making Sense of Slavery

By Scott Spillman

Making Sense of Slavery

A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.

Lake Effect: A Novel

By Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Lake Effect: A Novel

Things are chilly up in Rochester — in more ways than one.

The Price of Their Toys: Stories

Poignant glimpses of what it means to be a man.

A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War

A harrowing assessment of a savage penal system.