A young woman grapples with mental illness in the fun, edifying graphic memoir "A Fox in My Brain". When she was sixteen, Lubie was diagnosed with depression by her family doctor. She gave up on treatment when her symptoms improved, not... Read More

"Hedgelands" is Christopher Hart’s entertaining examination of the history, ecology, and value of an essential British landscape feature: the hedgerows that border fields throughout the countryside. In his illuminating book, Hart... Read More

A magisterial tome on the international negotiations that shaped modern American history, Stuart E. Eizenstat’s "The Art of Diplomacy" gets down to the brass tacks of foreign affairs. An ode to diplomacy’s power and fickleness, this... Read More

The story of the Garden of Eden gets juicy in this picture book that looks at the tale from a new perspective: that of the fruit. Rich, saturated greens, reds, and purples pair with swirling patterns and layered lines to create a... Read More

"The Antipodean Express" is Gregory Hill’s breezy, engaging memoir about a three-month couple’s trip taken mostly by train, from New Zealand to Spain. This is an entertaining daily account of the 13,000-kilometer trip that the couple... Read More

A former confidence man confronts a haunted ancient Egyptian artifact while running from his past in Megaera C. Lorenz’s novel "The Shabti". Dashiel, a former fraudulent medium, makes a meager living holding shows revealing his former... Read More

An ambitious business history book, "The Venture Alchemists" chronicles how tech entrepreneurs amassed power and political influence. Hearkening back to prestigious college campuses, this book shares the unvarnished origin stories of... Read More

Natural hair is used to mark and explore a connection to community and identity in this affirming, educational picture book about Afro-textured hairstyles and their history. When yet another comb breaks off in her hair while Granny... Read More