ENGAGING LOOK INSIDE the recent rebirth of Argentina’s wine industry; fun for aficionados and casual sippers!

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY of the medieval and Renaissance Inquisitions sheds light on modern ideas of punishment.

BEAUTIFULLY NUANCED, POETIC essays on art, life, culture, and a black woman’s experience from Ntozake Shange.

EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCHED INVESTIGATION of how Nazi war criminals escaped justice is shocking and comprehensive.

FASCINATING TRUE TALES of the scholars, zealots, and eccentrics who have searched for an actual Garden of Eden.

HEARTBREAKINGLY CANDID MEMOIR of dyslexia, surprising in its source: Pulitzer-winning poet Philip Schultz.

FUNNY, SNARKY, INSIGHTFUL celebration of romance novels, and of the ways many readers find them empowering.

CARRIE FISHER’S LATEST tell-all is more candid than ever, with revelations about her parents and celeb friends.

HOLIDAYS AND FAMILY are the theme of these short essays on seasonal themes.  Equal parts snark and sweet!

POET/CULTURAL CRITIC Wayne Koestenbaum’s meditations on the Big Idea of “humiliation” are quirky, fascinating.