New Books: Nonfiction

How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship

The Panic of 1819: The First Great Depression

Our Universe: An Astronomer’s Guide

Robert A. Lovett and the Development of American Air Power

Authoritarianism: Three Inquiries in Critical Theory

Twilight of the American Century

Historical Atlas of Central Europe

The Story of Silver

Vexy Thing

The Chinese Pleasure Book

A Manifesto for Social Progress

Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution

To the Ramparts

Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.

The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya

The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every

Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution

The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton