Shadow Men

By James Polchin

Shadow Men

An expertly spun tale of unequal justice in the 1920s.

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

A sweeping new assessment of the Subcontinent’s star player.

Wide Awake

By Jon Grinspan

Wide Awake

A 19th-century political movement feels eerily familiar in the 21st.

Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America

Alarmed by today’s rampant nativism? The 19th century suggests you hold its beer.

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

The fascinating, epic journey of a tenacious tongue.

The Cleopatras

By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

The Cleopatras

A riveting look at the women behind antiquity’s most recognizable name.