A Rome of One's Own Photography by Evan Sung and Molly Tavoletti

A Rome of One's Own Photography by Evan Sung and Molly TavolettiClever, bold, and refreshingly feminist; readers will be engaged and entertained to the very end." (Booklist) This wildly entertaining new history of Rome uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world, from the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This is a history of women who caused outrage, led armies in rebellion, wrote poetry; who lived independently or under the thumb of emperors. Told

through bitterly cold winters and blight

and even a restored sailboat

comix tackled sex

a student of sports history

Someone has stolen Koko Dodo’s Super Secret Fudge Sauce for the Royal Cookie Contest

Sean Scherer’s Kabinett & Kammer is equally a celebration and a guide to both collecting and showing how lively design can integrate disparate objects into beautifully layered ensembles

where she trained and led many male colleagues

Author Antonio Sacre and illustrator Sebastià Serra’s picture book A Mango in the Hand is a touching

hand-printed indictments of Margaret Thatcher

His ultra-modernist and hyper-synthetic aesthetic holds wide appeal

rains down

How to have a low-water garden in one of the driest climates in the US