I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness: A Novel

By Irene Solà; translated by Mara Faye Lethem

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness: A Novel

Women confront the devil, the perversity of war, and their own capacity for malice.

Raiders, Rulers, and Traders

A sturdy assessment of the equine’s impact on civilization.

Back Roads and Better Angels

By Francis S. Barry

Back Roads and Better Angels

Finding solace and surprises along the Lincoln Highway.

The Rarest Fruit: A Novel

By Gaëlle Bélem; translated by Hildegarde Serle

The Rarest Fruit: A Novel

An enslaved boy’s cuisine-altering innovation is credited to his white “father.”

A Remarkable Man: Dr. Shuntaro Hida from Hiroshima to Fukushima

By Marc Petitjean; translated by Adriana Hunter

A Remarkable Man: Dr. Shuntaro Hida from Hiroshima to Fukushima

A physician and atom-bomb survivor exposes the truth about radiation poisoning.

Noah and the Flood in Western Thought

How the deluge tale morphed from historical to mythical.