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Whose America Do We Remember?
What does America’s past look like when you stop reading about it—and start traveling through it? In This Land Is Your Land, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Beverly Gage journeys across the country, visiting battlefields, museums, monuments, historic homes, reenactments, and even Disneyland to see how Americans tell the story of their nation. Along the way, she […]
Are Screens Making Kids Learn Less?💻
For years, schools have been told that more technology means better learning. But what if the opposite is true? In The Digital Delusion, neuroscientist and educator Jared Cooney Horvath challenges the growing dependence on laptops, tablets, smartphones, and AI in education. Drawing on decades of research, he argues that many digital tools can weaken attention, […]
Behind the Back Bedroom
In 1976, a quiet home in Yakima, Washington, became the center of a case that would haunt everyone connected to it. In The Back Bedroom, bestselling true-crime author Gregg Olsen investigates how a deeply isolated household fell under the influence of self-proclaimed prophet Leon Cunningham. Convinced that the end of the world was near, Leon’s […]
Can a River Be Alive?
What if a river were more than water flowing through a landscape? What if it could live, suffer, recover—and even have rights? In Is a River Alive?, acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane follows that question across three extraordinary landscapes: Ecuador’s threatened cloud forests, India’s polluted waterways, and Canada’s wild Mutehekau Shipu. Along the way, he […]
What Made Her Walk Away?
Evan Barker didn’t just support the Democratic Party—she built her career inside it. From Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign to progressive fundraising networks, congressional races, and national political organizations, Barker spent years believing she was helping build a movement for working Americans. Then, little by little, that belief began to crack. In Nothing Left, Barker takes […]
The Expedition You Don’t Know
The Lewis and Clark expedition is often remembered as a heroic journey across an untamed American West. But the real story was far larger—and far more complicated. In This Vast Enterprise, Craig Fehrman reexamines the famous expedition through the people whose contributions, ambitions, and conflicts shaped its outcome. Alongside Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were […]
Aging Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Weird
Laurie Notaro is turning 60, and she has a few things to say about it. In I’ve Got a New Complaint, the bestselling humorist takes on aging, family, disastrous workplaces, chaotic travel, stubborn parents, old enemies, scam texts, questionable retirement plans, and a beloved dog who seems determined to destroy everything she owns. Whether she’s […]
How Systems Lose Their Balance
What happens when institutions weaken, accountability fades, and too much power becomes concentrated in too few hands? In The Fix, former US Attorney Barbara McQuade explores how corruption, institutional pressure, misinformation, and declining public trust can gradually weaken democratic systems. Drawing on legal history, public policy, and real-world examples, she examines how organizations and governments […]
Some Stories Refuse to Stay Lost📖
After the Civil War, thousands of formerly enslaved people placed “Lost Friends” advertisements in newspapers, desperately searching for family members torn away by slavery. Inspired by those real-life notices, Lisa Wingate’s The Book of Lost Friends weaves together two unforgettable stories more than a century apart. In 1875, eighteen-year-old Hannie Gossett sets out across the […]
When Biology Becomes the Weapon
What if the next global catastrophe began with something no one could see? In Biological War, Annie Jacobsen imagines a genetically engineered airborne plague escaping from a high-security laboratory—and shows how quickly a single accident could spiral into a worldwide disaster. Within days, hospitals are overwhelmed, governments scramble to contain the outbreak, military forces mobilize, […]
