Karen Bloom Gevirtz’s compelling history book The Apothecary’s Wife covers the commodification of medicine and the sidelining of women in medical history. In the... Read More

Federico Finchelstein’s contemporary political science book "The Wannabe Fascists" explores movements that combine components of historical fascism with right-wing populism,... Read More

John G. Culhane’s powerful book "More than Marriage" explores what it means to be a family in both human and legal terms. Applying close readings to important court cases... Read More

In "Mirror in the Sky", Simon Morrison traces the development of Stevie Nicks’s artistic persona via a perusal of her music. After a brief outline of Nicks’s early life in... Read More

"Rebel Speak" records searing, insightful dialogues between Bryonn Rolly Bain and activists dedicated to police abolition and fighting mass incarceration. Bain speaks with... Read More

Thorough in analyzing the history and psychology of work and exhaustion, Jonathan Malesic’s book suggests ways to revamp a system that burns people out. Malesic quit his... Read More

Jamie Goode’s full-bodied "The Goode Guide to Wine" tastes its way through the industry for consumers and the trade. Original, sensory-fused titles, including “Mouthfeel... Read More

The threat of war has long been the most persuasive tool of statesmanship, made the better if you occasionally back it up on the battlefield. Diplomacy has a place, yes, but the... Read More

The surprising trajectory of the shared economy is laid bare in Juliet B. Schor’s After the Gig. Out of the 2008 financial collapse and into a world of unfulfilling work on... Read More

Julie Sze’s clear and authoritative "Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger" discusses the history and philosophy of environmental justice, drawing a link between... Read More

Rebecca J. Lester’s illuminating "Famished" goes behind the scenes at an eating disorders clinic to present its operations in direct terms. Its picture of the delicate... Read More

Rabbi Michael Lerner’s "Revolutionary Love" is not so much a book as a manifesto, the public declaration of a political philosophy determined to save people from... Read More