A Seat at the Table: The Making of Busboys and Poets

The activist founder of a DC fixture shares how it all began.

Fierce Desires

By Rebecca L. Davis

Fierce Desires

A scholarly yet accessible survey of our collective naughty bits.

Transformed by India: A Life

By Stephen P. Huyler

Transformed by India: A Life

An anthropologist celebrates the country that reshaped him.

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

By Rob Reiner with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

What’s wrong with being sexy?

Shame on You

By Melissa Petro

Shame on You

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to War

Recalling the massive WWII effort to fill the seas with U.S. vessels.

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America

When the stargazing masses turned their attention to little green men.

After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart

A master biographer tells her own poignant story.