To Walk About in Freedom

By Carole Emberton

To Walk About in Freedom

A formerly enslaved person shares her gripping yet incomplete story.

Red Sauce

By Ian MacAllen

Red Sauce

This history of a beloved cuisine is rich in facts but dry as a box of Barilla.

The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America

Chronicling a right-wing cabal’s fracturing of norms in the U.S.

Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film

A detailed but weak addition to the Fab Four canon.

Taking Things Hard: The Trials of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Analyzing the author via his lesser-known stories.

A Union Like Ours

By Scott Bane

A Union Like Ours

Recalling a forbidden midcentury romance.

The Facemaker

By Lindsey Fitzharris

The Facemaker

An affecting yet disorderly account of a pioneering doctor’s life-changing work.

In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy

A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation.