This dense, scholarly work is not for casual readers.

• Non-Fiction,
• Cultural Studies,
• History,

A rare look at an evangelical woman’s attempt to expand her world in the early 1800s.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,
• Religion,

A little-known story of poor Jewish women uniting to demand fairly priced fleishig.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

This laudable work is less an account of the 1862 clash than of five notable figures who served on or near the battlefield.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

By mining archival records, the author brings the human side of the long-ago tragedy to life.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,

A thoroughly researched account of the period often shorthanded as “China gone mad.”

• Non-Fiction,
• Cultural Studies,
• History,

America’s current “I dare you” commander-in-chief underscores how completely the position hinges on the noble intent of its holder.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,
• Political Science,

A Pulitzer-worthy investigation of escaped war criminals.

• Non-Fiction,
• History,
• United States,