“Blending urgency, imagination, and poetic prose…, a masterpiece of African American women’s history that reveals what it takes to survive and even thrive…. a fitting tribute to Ashley, her mother Rose, and all those foremothers who endured.”
Martha S. Jones, author of Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
“An incredibly timely history… Nelson makes a persuasive case that grain production, storage, transport and trade was the defining factor in the rise and fall of civilisations from Rome to Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire and Imperial Russia….It’s hard to imagine a book more relevant for our moment.”
“Of hoops, hopes, holy orders, and habits...mysterious and sometimes miraculous.”
Kirkus Reviews
Full Dissidence by Howard Bryant
“Howard Bryant does not hold back in his withering and thoughtful dissections and rejections of the racial politics of athletics and the athletic politics of race. This book is an oracle.”
“Further proof that sliding around the naughty edges of society can be as informative as it is entertaining.”
Alida Becker, The New York Times Book Review
Indecent Advances by James Polchin
“A sobering, comprehensively researched new history....it’s impossible to understand gay life in twentieth-century America without reckoning with these dark stories. Gay men were unable to shake free of them until they figured out how to tell the stories themselves, in a new way.”
“Of psy-ops, seismic detection, and other emanations of the Cold War as it was conducted in petri dishes and cyclotrons...A strong contribution to the history of modern science.”
“A spectacular journey, starting in the farthest reaches of the universe and ending in the deepest depths of the atom...Miller’s stunning illustrations pair perfectly with Scharf’s compelling writing, which introduces complex ideas using everyday language and lucid metaphors...A superb composite of scientific knowledge that will no doubt inspire readers of all ages to learn more about our enigmatic universe.”
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
The New Education by Cathy Davidson
“The New Education compels us to equip our students with creative new tactics for navigating the volatile present. Grounded in a deep understanding of both historical and current crises in education, Davidson challenges us to reinvigorate and reconsider our approach.”
danah boyd, author of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
“Brilliantly illuminates how these two giants of American history found ways to work together during key episodes of the Roosevelt presidency....an indispensable account...so intelligently crafted that there were times when I couldn’t put it down.”
Clay S. Jenkinson, founder of the Theodore Roosevelt Center, principal scholar-consultant to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, and author of A Free and Hardy Life: Theodore Roosevelt’s Sojourn in the American West
“H.P. Lovecraft is having one hell of a resurgence. Luckily, the author of the man’s latest biography is the smart, shrewd, and insightful W. Scott Poole...a wonderful testament to the lasting power and influence of H.P. Lovecraft.”
“Poignant and essential storytelling...a book that, with a deft hand, illuminates a little-known, yet vitally important, facet of a past we all share. A wonderful read.”
Jason Mott, New York Times best-selling author of The Returned
“‘Weird, destructive, time-warping, overwhelming, alien...fearsomely noisy and rambunctious,’ black holes are the bad boys of the universe.... Scharf’s explanations are vivid and accessible, evoking the awe of cosmic grandeur in a way that’s as humbling as it is fascinating.”
“A Nation of Deadbeats is Copernican history, restoring America to its global context and revealing the surprising positive consequences of our frequent panics as well as their crushing costs....a brilliantly original reconsideration not just of economic upheavals but of the American civilization they did so much to shape.”
“Boehm’s monumental accomplishment is to give us the most careful and compelling portrait ever created of how our ancestors lived....vital for understanding why we are so tribal, punitive, gossipy, religious, and cooperative today.”
“In his original new book.... Gimbel takes readers on enlightening excursions through the nature of Judaism, Hegelian philosophy, wherever his curiosity leads.”
New York Times Book Review, front-page review by George Johnson
“An absorbing and exciting story about a stone that ancient Mesoamericans prized above gold. The search for the sources of this mysterious rock reads like detective fiction...but it’s all true.”
Chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the “Top Ten Science Books” of Fall
“A stunning new vision for the future... an exceptional and critically important book, one that is all but impossible to put down and likely to shape discussions for years to come.”
“Lively and accessible....uncovering traces of our social identity and individual psyche in everyday language use.... Pennebaker [is] an indefatigable guide to the little words that he boldly calls ‘keys to the soul.’”
“A storyteller as crafty as J.K. Rowling.... Cunningham, always excellent when detailing bloody battles and earthy sex, exercises well her skills with description, history, and myth in and out of the Bible, character, poetry, and song....ends the Maeve Chronicles befittingly and beautifully.”
“Dean Falk debunks some modern myths in her brilliant book, The Fossil Chronicles, by comparing the case histories of two famous fossils.... That it sparkles with scholarship and wit is icing on the cake.”
The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant
Chosen by Dwight Garner of The New York Times as one of the “Ten Best Books of the Year”
New York Times Book Review “Notable Book”
Winner of SABR’s Casey Award
“No one was more important to the game of baseball in the last half of the 20th Century than Henry Aaron and no one writes about that supremely talented man...better than Howard Bryant.”
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker
“Bold, funny, and irreverent....Pennebaker’s wit and themes of sisterly solidarity and growth are likely to resonate with fans of humorous women’s authors like Rebecca Wells, Nancy Thayer, and Jennifer Weiner.”
