WHY AND HOW we were the only human species to survive, impeccably explored by a leading paleoanthropologist.

FASCINATING, DEEPLY RESEARCHED account of the creation of “heterosexuality” as a medical and legal category.

A CLASSICS PROFESSOR’S SENTIMENTAL journey down the historic Appian Way: delightful, informative travelogue.

A COLLEGE STUDENT’S OCD crisis and recovery is detailed in this admirably candid yet oddly lackluster memoir.

A CULINARY IGNORAMUS TRANSFORMS herself into a food writer, accomplished cook in this clever, charming memoir.

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT TELLS all about the airline industry and out-of-control passengers. Eye-opening snark!

FUNNY, SNARKY BLOGGER, columnist Jen Lancaster’s latest memoir is about trying to be a grownup in the suburbs.

AN AMERICAN WRITER’S love affair with Paris becomes more complex the longer he lives there. Delightful memoir!

QUIRKY, FUNNY, OFFBEAT memoir from Internet celebrity “The Bloggess” delivers laughs (and raised eyebrows!)

POIGNANT, ROUGH-HEWN MEMOIR from a writer trying to make sense of his troubled parents and their lives.