History
Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America
Hardback
From an esteemed scholar, a richly textured, authoritative history of sex and sexuality in America—the first major account in three decades
In the Shadows of Paris: The Nazi Concentration Camp that Dimmed the City of Light
Hardback
“In her deeply affecting memoir, Sinclair brilliantly captures what her grandfather endured at Royallieu-Compiègne….[and] reminds us of how little time is left to gather every one of these sacred stories.”—Jewish Book Council, in recognition as a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years
Paperback
The 30th-anniversary edition of a historical account, called “brilliantly original” by Katha Pollitt (The Washington Post Book World), that reframed our understanding of women’s lives in early societies
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
Hardback
American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back
The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora
Hardback
War forced millions of Syrians from their homes. It also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself