Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire & Revolution in the Borderlands

An intelligent, valuable political history from south of the border.

Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920-2020

A dense, comprehensive look at an ongoing struggle.

The Afghanistan Papers

By Craig Whitlock

The Afghanistan Papers

A damning, gut-punch account of a misguided — and misrepresented — military debacle.

The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler

How a bold young woman smuggled children away from the Nazis.

The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach

The actual — and existential — cost of our oceanfront idylls.

Lady Editor

By Melanie Kirkpatrick

Lady Editor

Though trailblazing, this ambitious widow was no protofeminist.

The Sound of the Sea

By Cynthia Barnett

The Sound of the Sea

What can the beachy treasures tell us about the health of our planet?

Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

There’s strength in telling your own story.