Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

A impassioned corrective to “the lie” at the center of our country’s foundation.

Humankind: A Hopeful History

This book makes a compelling and much-needed argument for the innate decency of humans.

Our Symphony with Animals

By Aysha Akhtar, M.D.

Our Symphony with Animals

A physician explores why loving critters makes us better people.

The Call: Inside the Global Saudi Religious Project

An in-depth look at the export of conservative Islamic teachings from the Arabian Peninsula.

The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move

This new work combining science and social justice makes a strong case for coming and going.

Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back

A wise meditation on social collapse and those preoccupied with the thought of it.

The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties

Solid writing and research aside, this jeremiad about our changing national landscape reveals the author’s bitterness.