The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

How a highly diverse group of fighters helped launch an unforgettable era in the U.S.

Alone Time

By Stephanie Rosenbloom

Alone Time

A veteran travel writer celebrates the joy of going solo.

The Unknowns

By Patrick K. O’Donnell

The Unknowns

A visceral tale of the journey to bring our unnamed dead back to U.S. soil following the Great War.

Superlative: The Biology of Extremes

What can we learn from the biggest, smallest, shortest, and tallest?

 Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon

The underappreciated songwriter’s praises are finally being sung.

Tattered Banners

By Paul Rodzianko

Tattered Banners

In the first American edition of this 1939 classic, a high-ranking Russian horseman recounts the gruesome tribulations of war and waxes nostalgic for the aristocratic order.

Tesla

By Richard Munson

Tesla

An entertaining, sympathetic glimpse into the life of the under-appreciated genius.

Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America

This exhaustive review of out-there theories may leave readers exhausted.