A historian's scathing critique of America's healthcare system, blending personal experience with societal analysis to advocate for reform.
Pollan explores cooking through four elements, apprenticing with culinary masters to rediscover the art of food transformation.
Explores how plants and humans have coevolved, examining four desires through apples, tulips, cannabis, and potatoes.
A gripping memoir of a young woman's fugitive childhood, filled with adventure, deception, and the search for identity.
We once believed we knew everything, but admitting our ignorance changed the world. Trace the history of Sapiens to see how we became powerful gods.
A gripping dystopian tale of survival, rebellion, and sacrifice as teens fight to the death in a televised spectacle.
An ambitious exploration of political development, from primate ancestors to modern states, examining the foundations of societal order.
A powerful call for Christians to confront racism, examining white privilege and advocating for racial justice in America.
Tracing the 4,000-year evolution of monotheism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
A powerful memoir exploring Black queer identity, masculinity, and coming-of-age experiences through personal essays and reflections.
Dive deep into the real story of the 18th-century Bavarian Illuminati versus the conspiracy theories that emerged from a 1960s prank. Discover how Weishaupt's Enlightenment ideals became twisted into modern paranoid mythology.
Explore how Joseph Sarrat's journey from France's Champagne region to colonial America spawned over 170 spelling variations of the Sarratt surname through illiteracy, migration, and phonetic interpretation.
A gripping exploration of Russia's descent into authoritarianism through the lives of four young people born after the Soviet era.
From stripper to princess: five brothers change everything.
Empowering exploration of women's health, sexuality, and cultural taboos surrounding the vagina.
Uncover the hidden history of secret negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba spanning five decades of Cold War tensions.
Orphan Anne Shirley's adventures and growth in Avonlea, filled with friendship, rivalry, and self-discovery.