How, and why, certain environmental factors led to sweeping civilizational changes in some parts of the world but not others.
Category Archives: Non-fiction
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
In reimagining life beyond early marriage, single U.S. women created remarkable change.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
A book about how to reorient the way we view and treat introverts.
What the Eyes Don’t See
The story of the doctor who shed light on the Flint water crisis and revealed the government’s abandonment of civic responsibility.
The Witches
A dive into America’s “tiny reign of terror,” the Salem witch trials.
Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools
A critical examination of high schools in wealthy suburbs, and the friction of increased academic competition between Asian Americans and whites.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
A stark look at how important stable housing is to every aspect of our lives, and why it is out of reach for millions.
Manufacturing Consent
How media (openly and sneakily) defends the economic, social, and political agendas of privileged groups.
The Great Starvation Experiment
Amidst the horrors of WWII, a daring experiment on willing human subjects to discover the many effects of starvation.
The Afghanistan Papers
Why the U.S. failed so spectacularly in Afghanistan, and why the government lied about it over and over.