Ben Shephard

The Long Road Home

A fascinating look at the postwar diaspora in which millions of displaced persons were resettled.

Linda Pastan

Traveling Light : Poems

In this latest poetry collection from a lyrical master, “tension trembles below a tranquil surface.”

By Dambisa Moyo

How The West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly ― and the Stark Choices Ahead

Aging capitalist countries with failing institutions and irrational policies face off against the discipline, focus, and energy of emerging economies.

By Dayna Macy

Ravenous: A Food Lover’s Journey from Obsession to Freedom

An emotional look at one woman's complex relationship with sustenance.

Deborah E. Lipstadt

The Eichmann Trial

Judge Patricia Wald, who presided over Yugoslav War Crimes trials, reviews a new look at the trial of a Nazi master of concentration camps.

Branko Milanovic

The Haves and the Have-Nots

Branko Milanovic's brief and idiosyncratic history of inequality around the globe

By Joshua Foer

Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

An investigation of recalling it all.

By John McMillian

Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America

Meet the precursor to the blogosphere.