Photo of Frank Lloyd Wright

He Contained Multitudes

Exploring the psychology of an iconoclastic architect

Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Hendrickson

Illustration of the body

How We Work

An anatomical tour of what it means to be human

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

Downsized Living

Escaping the city, a writer finds contentment in a small town

If You Lived Here You’d Be Home by Now by Christopher Ingraham

Sunset over Gettysburg battlefield

Rising Again

A writer finds much that hasn’t changed in the former Confederacy

Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide by Tony Horwitz

Red rock formations in the desert are interspersed with cacti and brush

Bonanza of Greed

Myths and lies will, if we let them, spell the end of the public domain

This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption Are Ruining the American West by Christopher Ketcham

Two women stand side-by-side in front of a stand of trees. The woman on the left is dressed in a light-colored coat., while the one on the right wears black.

Southern Secrets

Three very different women haunted by the past

Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall

A man in a suit with a red tie and sunglasses stands next to two soldiers in U.S. uniform. They are filmed by a third man.

The Difficult Diplomat

A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy

Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer

Two women console one another one the footsteps of a church.

What Makes Us Better

Two books explore whether morality is innate or learned

Conscience by Patricia S. Churchland The War For Kindness by Jamil Zaki

An illuminated tunnel strewn with construction equipment

Plumbing the Depths

A writer explores the world beneath our feet

Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

Myths of Memory

Our ability to recall is not an undiluted gift

A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past by Lewis Hyde

Chief Misunderstanding

A speculative, sputtering study of leadership

Our Energetic World

Life is not an accident but an inevitable result of physical laws

The Co-Creation: How Earth Made Life and Life Made EarthBy Olivia Judson

Finding Marty

Zooming in on a storied director

Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese’s Life in FilmBy Mark Binelli

Dramatic Paws

On the trail of the elusive big cat of the Himalaya

The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow LeopardBy Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi

Shooting for the Camera

A portrait of the 20th century’s most infamous assassin

Translating the Past

Modern wit meets age-old wisdom

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient LiteratureBy Emily Wilson

Sound Barrier

How Marian Anderson made and managed history

Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian AndersonBy Anthony Tommasini

Unfriendly Exchange

The tale of a nuclear war that almost was

The Six Minute War: Reagan, Russia, and the Race to Automate ArmageddonBy Michael Dobbs

Knot in my Back Yard

Not all non-native plants and animals need to be eradicated

Undesirable: Invasive Species, Humans, and Where We All BelongBy Amy Crawford

Hidden Truths

A new portrait of one of the 20th century’s most controversial philosophers

Hannah Arendt: A Life of the MindBy Thomas Meyer (tr. Shelley Frisch)

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