THE POST-MORTEM ADVENTURES OF famous people’s remains.  Witty, macabre, well-researched, entertaining!

INCISIVE, IRREVERENT EXPLORATION of the challenges South Asian Americans have faced since the 9/11 attacks.

CHARMING LITTLE BOOK boils down psychology, self-help, and common sense into a cheerful guide to sanity.

LOVE LETTER TO New York’s temple of herring, Russ & Daughters, is also a history of Jewish life in the city.

WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING HISTORY, anthropology, and sociology of tools for cooking and eating. Smart fun!

VIVIDLY DRAWN PORTRAIT of a writer’s hardscrabble childhood and her charismatic, deeply troubled mother.

ENTERTAINING AND ENLIGHTENING look at how mathematics and statistics are used (and misused) in the courtroom.

A MIDLIFE MIDLIST WRITER’S howl of pain in the form of a memoir.  Admirably honest, yet somehow unappealing.

INTERESTING LOOK AT how ideas, products, and media “go viral,” with in-depth data from studies and interviews.

A GENEALOGICAL MYSTERY, UNRAVELED, reveals much about US ideas of race.  Thought-provoking and engaging.