My 1980s and Other Essays

Cultural critic and gay icon Wayne Koestenbaum’s collection of essays and personal anecdotes is a witty and passionate look at the history and future of intellectualism in America.

Ninety Percent of Everything

The maritime industry might look to the casual observer to be a dinosaur in a dying arena, yet as Rose George reveals in this illuminating history, the business of freight shipping is alive and well and extremely necessary to our modern survival. 

Their Finest Hour

September 7: The London Blitz began on this day in 1940 and continued, in the city and throughout the country, for the next eight months. The defiance demonstrated by ordinary citizens throughout England became an inspiration to the nation and its allies....

Love in the Time of Global Warming

After floodwaters snatch away her entire family from their Los Angeles home, 17-year-old Penelope must navigate an underwater fantasy world to retrieve them in this engaging tale of a teenage Odysseus.