Mackay's story of Pinkerton (1819-1884), founder of the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency is much more than a biography. It is a colorful history of 19th-century America that is told through the Continue reading »
This biography of Michael Collins (1890-1922) is the first since Tim Pat Coogan's definitive Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland in 1992, and admirers of Collins will find verification here for Continue reading »
I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv
Illia Ponomarenko
In this masterful blend of memoir and reportage, Ukrainian journalist Ponomarenko covers the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with rigor and surprising wit. Determined to combat Continue reading »
Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America’s Energy Future
Jonathan Mingle
Ordinary landowners square off against the powerful Dominion Energy company in this riveting report on a successful effort to thwart the construction of a natural gas pipeline Continue reading »
The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual
Jennifer C Berkshire, Jack Schneider
The “very existence of public schools” is being threatened, according to this essential overview of recent right-wing attacks on the teaching of material concerning race, gender Continue reading »
The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate Change
Debra Hendrickson
Pediatrician Hendrickson debuts with an affecting report on climate change’s dire effects on young people. Hendrickson—who practices in Reno, Nev., the “fastest-warming city in Continue reading »