“War is a powerful aphrodisiac,” John V. H. Dippel writes. In this rich, far-reaching study of armed conflict since Abraham Lincoln’s time, Dippel discusses gender, women’s suffrage, and the demographics of marriage and birth,... Read More

Singular Soapy: As a six-term Michigan governor, G. Mennen Williams, the scion of the Mennen toiletries empire, used his fortune to build a political career in which he promoted civil rights, education reform, and infrastructure... Read More

A letter written to an ex-lover three days after the heart has been broken packs more punch than a letter written fifteen years later. Like such a letter, this book features sentiments brash, angered, wounded, disbelieving, and powerful.... Read More