ANCIENT HISTORY
Aeneid, Vergil trans. Robert Fagles
Augustus, Anthony Everitt
Histories, Herodotus trans. Robin Waterfield
BOSTON HISTORY
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, M.T. Anderson [fiction]
The Path, Chet Raymo
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism, Megan Marshall
BRAIN HISTORY
The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine
The Language Instinct, Stephen Pinker
Secrets of the Teenage Brain, Sheryl G. Feinstein
FOOD HISTORY
From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals, Barbara Haber
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Ruth Reichl
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan
SPIRITUAL HISTORY
Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are, Robert Wright
Religious Literacy, Robert Prothero
