Adam Goodheart’s book "The Last Island" collects compelling and tragic anecdotes about various failed efforts, from the Victorian age to the present, to encounter and establish permanent contact with perhaps the last self-isolated... Read More

Kylie Flanagan’s ecological book "Climate Resilience" assembles diverse viewpoints on solving the climate crisis and on making communities more sustainable. Drawing on interviews with thirty-nine climate justice leaders and centering... Read More

L. L. Kirchner’s snarky memoir "Blissful Thinking" covers her search for validation in all the wrong places. After early-onset menopause prevented her from starting a family, Kirchner and her husband went to Qatar for her work, hoping... Read More

Empowering children to “Look, Listen, Feel, and then Act,” this picture book is a primer on antiracist activism. After witnessing the protests following the murder of George Floyd, Malik is afraid; his parents encourage him to think... Read More

An accessible entry into discussions on the complexity of feelings, this picture book will be returned to time and time again. The manager of the Grand Hotel of Feelings guides readers through the revolving door of guests: from... Read More

In Bijal Vachharajani’s novel "Savi and the Memory Keeper", a girl navigates grief and healing via her connection with a sentient tree. After her father’s unexpected death, Savi moves with her mother and sister to Shajarpur.... Read More

A precocious teenager finds a makeshift family among strangers in BettyJoyce Nash’s perceptive, sensitive novel "Everybody Here Is Kin". On their way to a promised Key West trip, Lucille, her stepsiblings, and their mother, Naomi, stop... Read More

The complex flavors and textures of eight types of traditional regional Chinese cuisines are demonstrated with style and aplomb in this visual treat of a cookbook. Céline Chung was born in France to parents from the Zhejiang province.... Read More