Felix Abt author of ‘A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom

Caroline Foley author of ‘Of Cabbages and Kings: The History of Allotments’

Leo Keohane author of ‘Captain Jack White: Imperialism, Anarchism and the Irish Citizen Army'

Michael Gordin, author of ‘Scientific Babel: How Science Was Done Before and After Global English’

Chris Walsh author of ‘Cowardice: A Brief History’

Richard Kenvin author of Surf Craft: Design and the Culture of Board Riding

Russ Roberts author of How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

Linda Tirado author of Hand to Mouth: The Truth About Being Poor in a Wealthy World

Professor Charles King author of Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul

Dr. Laurel Braitman author of Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

Susan Playfair author of America's Founding Fruit: The Cranberry in a New Environment

Allyson Hobbs author of ‘A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life’