Over the course of the mid-to-late 20th century, notions of social justice went very, very wrong.

A detective story is not what we have come to expect from Russo, who generally operates at the same, easy-going speed as his male protagonists.

Zahra Hankir has compiled a collection of gripping and illuminating essays by Arab women reporters who have worked in the Middle East and North Africa. Hankir’s goal was to bring attention to “underreported tales and the women who tell them.”

"An Orchestra of Minorities" is a profoundly tragic story of ambition and despair and how both come from the struggle to love.

Melinda Gates's new book is not an attack on Catholicism but an honest accounting of how she came to be in conflict with the church while living her faith.

13 stories, each a mini-biography of one of those great souls whose faith in Jesus inspired and necessitated and sustained their work toward a more righteous world.