"The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein" trace the enigmatic genius’s 1925 tour through Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Einstein agreed to the extended visit for academic and... Read More

Derek Sayer’s "Postcards from Absurdistan" is an encompassing review of cultural and sociopolitical Prague from tumultuous 1938 onward, detailed with compassion for the Czech... Read More

In "Back to the Moon", astrophysicist Joseph Silk makes a compelling argument for a return to the moon and lays out an exciting vision for the next fifty years of lunar science.... Read More

"Birds and Us" is a fascinating look at the relationship between human beings and our avian relatives throughout history, written by ornithologist Tim Birkhead. The text follows... Read More

"Translating Myself and Others" is an academic collection of Jhumpa Lahiri’s musings on language and translation. Lahiri, a reader and writer in multiple languages, focuses on... Read More

In "Fixing the Climate", David G. Victor and Charles F. Sabel note that international climate change accords have not initiated the sweeping changes and deep decarbonization... Read More

In his compelling interpretive biography "Robespierre", Marcel Gauchet reveals his subject as a complex man who was both an advocate for democracy, and a murderous tyrant with... Read More

"Literature for a Changing Planet" articulates a new framework for reading classic and contemporary literature to better understand humanity’s damaging planetary impacts. This... Read More

Glaciologist Jemma Wadham’s anguish over her field of study being besieged by climate change underpins "Ice Rivers", which introduces seven diverse glaciers. It’s an... Read More

Julian Baggini’s "The Great Guide" approaches David Hume as an example for living a rich life. Rooted in a biography of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, this detailed... Read More

Brilliant illustrations and a powerful translation make Madame d’Aulnoy’s seventeenth-century fairy tales feel just as immediate and necessary as when they were written.... Read More

With its thorough inquiries into world history, Tyler Stovall’s "White Freedom" shows that the highly regarded American ideals of liberty and freedom do not contradict the... Read More