History

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
Hardback
America’s modern culinary history told through the lives of seven path-breaking chefs and food writers

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century
Paperback
An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts.

American Comics: A History
Hardback
The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination.

Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
Hardback
A deeply researched and eye-opening history that shows how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system.

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Paperback
An epic, award-winning biography of Malcolm X that draws on hundreds of hours of personal interviews and rewrites much of the known narrative.


