Climate change and wind energy: The Breath of the Gods reveals hope
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind by Simon Winchester is the book you turn to when the weather app’s red warnings start to feel … Read more
Cultural History
Of Beards and Men: a compelling, game-changing cultural history of beard
If you think beards are a vibe, Christopher Oldstone-Moore shows in Of Beards and Men they’re really a vote—about masculinity, authority, and who gets to set the rules. “The history … Read more
Book of Lives Margaret Atwood — Unflinching Yet Uplifting Memoir Review
Stories don’t only explain a life—they assemble one. Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts shows readers how to turn scattered memories into meaning without sanding off their … Read more
Theodor Mommsen’s The History of Rome Vol. V: The Sensational, Hidden Story of Rome’s Final Days.
The History of Rome, Vol. V solves a single, urgent problem: how a five-hundred-year republican system collapsed into a military monarchy and what social, military, and cultural forces made that … Read more
The History of Rome, Volume 1: The Unseen Truths of Mommsen’s Masterpiece
So much of early Rome is fogged by legend; Mommsen’s Volume 1 shows how geography, institutions, and law—not miracles—built a city that became a state. He answers the core problem: … Read more
From Bound Feet to Blackened Teeth: An Incredible Journey Through Cho Kyo’s The Search for the Beautiful Woman
The Search for the Beautiful Woman, a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty by Cho Kyo, is a definitive guide to how “beautiful” has been defined, traded, and contested … Read more
Hidden Secrets Revealed: The Lady in Red’s Affair, the Maidstone Moment and Why It Still Resonates
The Lady in Red peels back Georgian England’s gilded curtain to show a marriage, a courtroom and a culture built on property, gender and spectacle — and solves the puzzle … Read more