Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty
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Is famous economist Thomas Piketty right about inequality? David Murphy dissects.
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What Is the Grass by Mark Doty
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A contemporary poet discovers he “contains multitudes”--and pairs his intimate memoir with a close reading of the work of Walt Whitman.
Read MoreThe Queen of Paris by Pamela Binnings Ewen
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A sumptuous historical novel about the notorious Coco Chanel.
Read MoreAlien Oceans by Kevin Peter Hand
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What can Earth’s oceans teach us about life on other worlds?
Read MorePeterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (second edition)
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The legendary Peterson field guide gets a long-awaited new edition.
Read MoreCalder: The Conquest of Space - The Later Years by Jed Perl
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The second volume in Jed Perl’s indispensable biography of Alexander Calder.
Read MoreFrom 2017: Calder: The Conquest of Time - the Early Years: 1898-1940 by Jed Perl
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The first volume of Jed Perl’s landmark biography of Alexander Calder.
Read MoreThe Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
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The least sympathetic Bennet girl from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” takes center stage in Janice Hadlow’s debut novel.
Read MoreBroken by Don Winslow
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The latest from the great novelist Don Winslow is a collection of short stories in a wonderfully different register.
Read MoreThese Fevered Days by Martha Ackmann
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A new biography of Emily Dickinson—told in ten episodes which “tell it slant.”
Read MoreThey Knew They Were Pilgrims by John G. Turner
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A new account of the trials, triumphs, and crimes of the Plymouth Plantation founders.
Read MoreSquare Haunting by Francesca Wade
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At different times and in different phases of their careers, five women made the same square in London their home - a fascinating new book looks at their stories.
Read MoreMuhammad and the Empires of Faith by Sean Anthony
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An innovative inquiry into how we know what we know about the birth of Islam.
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Front Row at the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl
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ABC’s chief White House correspondent writes a book about the first three years of the Trump administration.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “The person who talks less is the one with the upper hand.”
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A superior mystery on every level, affirming McMahon’s place as up there with the best in the genre.
Read MoreTower of Skulls by Richard Frank
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The first volume in a projected new trilogy about the Pacific Theater of World War Two.
Read MoreThe Divided States of America by Donald Kettl
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Does the American system of government actually work? And if it doesn’t, is it trending toward something that does?
Read MoreA Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn
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The latest Veronica Speedwell mystery finds our heroine in London at the height of Jack the Ripper’s killing rampage.
Read MoreDeaths of Despair by Anne Case & Angus Deaton
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The authors of this important new book argue that the main problem with capitalism isn’t that we live in an unequal society but that we live in an unfair one … but how sound are their points?
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