Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death by Lillian Faderman
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This biography provides both a novel and substantive introduction to an extraordinary figure.
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My Darling Winston: The Letters Between Winston Churchill and His Mother
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A surprisingly dark addition to the nearly endless library of Winston Churchill biographies.
Read MoreFrederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
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A thoroughly human portrait that serves to clarify the greatness of the leading orator and writer of the era.
Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
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This is the Gandhi with a sweeping, multifaceted intelligence hidden behind a faux-folksy facade.
Read MoreReagan: An American Journey by Bob Spitz
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An extensively researched biography of Reagan with solid scholarly underpinnings and very little mythologizing.
Read MoreEscaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West
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How to deal with people who believe bunk, falsehoods, mistakes, and outright lies
Read MoreLikeWar by P.W. Singer & Emerson T. Brooking
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Technology, politics, and war have merged into a new battlefield where strategies are played out on smartphones.
Read MoreFuture Politics by Jamie Susskind
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Outlines how emerging technologies shape our democracy and culture, and how this might look in the future.
Read MoreCharacters: An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior by Theophrastus
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This classical Greek text has been newly translated for a modern audience.
Read MoreThe Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings by Leonard Cohen
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The final work of Leonard Cohen, revered poet and musician whose career spans generations.
Read MoreBloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
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Although this book is the second in a trilogy, it can easily be read without reading the first book.
Read MoreSons of Freedom by Geoffrey Wawro
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A methodical and utterly convincing account of the role of America played in the outcome of World War I.
Read MorePenguins on Parade: The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories!
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Readers ready for an adventurous alternative to the many Japanese short story collections that have preceded it will find it here.
Read MoreOne of the Boys: Reflections on a Milestone Play, 50 Years On
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The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking play that premiered off-Broadway in 1968, and told the story of a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City.
Read MoreFoe by Iain Reid
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This little “what-if” story develops into a complex tale bristling with unease and tension.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed”
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Inside the select clubs of the world’s most prestigious places of higher learning.
Read MoreSchumann: The Faces and the Masks by Judith Chernaik
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The story of the music and the man, from his criminally underrated symphonies to his long struggle for personal happiness.
Read MoreThe Improbable Wendell Willkie by David Levering Lewis
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A portrait of the lawyer, businessman, and unconventional US presidential candidate Wendell Willkie who caught an unexpected wave of popular support in the lead-up to the 1940 election.
Read MoreEven Darkness Sings by Thomas H. Cook
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Award-winning crime novelist Thomas Cook chronicles his adventures to the darkest places on earth and reflects on what they teach us.
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