A Day in “The Hole”: Risk, Loss, and Excess in Downtown Lima

Chaos and commerce thrive in the Peruvian capital.

Embers of the Hands

By Eleanor Barraclough

Embers of the Hands

The legendary pillagers led charmingly ordinary home lives.

Saints and Liars

By Debórah Dwork

Saints and Liars

An unsatisfying portrait of little-known WWII heroes.

Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power

So patriarchy isn’t good for anybody’s bottom line?

Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore

The residents of Charm City’s Rosemont never stood a chance.

Djuna

By Jon Macy

Djuna

Meet a queer, kinda-sorta literary starlet from the 1920s.

Book and Dagger

By Elyse Graham

Book and Dagger

Too many tangents derail what could’ve been an intriguing wartime tale.