And the Bride Closed the Door / Ronit MatalonJessica Cohen, translator / New Vessel Press / Softcover $15.95 (128pp) / 978-1-939931-75-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / A dark and comic family drama, Ronit Matalon’s... Read More

Savvy travelers get that way through experience. Nobody’s born with artful packing skills or an innate sense of how to lessen the effects of jet lag. That’s a lesson we learned the hard way after many years of attending three or four... Read More

From New England to the American Southwest, Louisiana’s Bayou country to the Pacific Northwest, along with a few pockets in between, the United States boasts an array of regions with distinct, acclaimed food scenes. But for its... Read More

Mr. Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets / Alex T. Smith / Peachtree Publishing Company / Hardcover $16.95 (288pp) / 978-1-68263-130-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / When hundreds of hamsters go missing, only a... Read More

A compelling and entertaining work of scholarship, Why We Fight is a biological exploration into the evolutionary crux of human conflict. After completing his studies in biology at Oxford, Mike Martin served as a British Army officer in... Read More

Fifty years and seven days ago—amid the riots, political assassinations, and Vietnam War demonstrations that marked 1969 infamously—the Beatles released their masterpiece Abbey Road. In addition to a memorable list of songs, the... Read More

The Soul Life of Animals / Love, Consciousness, and the Animal-Human Relationship / Hanne Jahr / Polair Publishing / Hardcover $14.95 (120pp) / 978-1-905398-40-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Debates over whether or... Read More

This week, we’re thrilled to spend some time with Renée Watson, A-List poet and author of books for children and young adults, including the recently released Some Places More Than Others. Most notably, she won a Newbery Honor and... Read More