In Dung Kai-cheung’s collection of short stories "A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On", material objects become like talismans that affect the flow of life. These... Read More

“Every disease has its own narrative,” psychiatrist Anne Skomorowsky writes in this lucid, comprehensive history of Fragile X, a genetic mutation that causes a range of... Read More

“Paleontology is one of the most familiar and accessible of all sciences,” Roy Plotnick proclaims. Why? Dinosaurs, of course. Drawn in as children, a lucky few get the... Read More

The graphic history "A Revolution in Three Acts" profiles the careers of three daring and influential vaudeville entertainers, from their ambitious beginnings to their tragic... Read More

First published in 1995, Minae Mizumura’s "An I-Novel" was Japan’s “first bilingual novel;” this translation maintains its original tone and cross-cultural resonance. In... Read More

"Plastic Free" is the remarkable story of how a social media post from an isolated corner of Western Australia grew into a global network of 250 million activists. In 2011,... Read More

Wine enthusiasts know the importance of terroir: environmental factors, and how grapes are grown, impact the flavor of the beverage. In "The Terroir of Whiskey", Rob Arnold—a... Read More

Much of science and the study of nature in the years before Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859 came down to an effort to understand the mind of God.... Read More

Supernatural creatures and earthly temptations haunt the characters of Nikolai Gogol’s "The Nose and Other Stories". A man is forced to win back a stolen letter by playing... Read More

Set during World War II, Endō Shūsaku’s novel "Sachiko" shifts from the fated city of Nagasaki to the horrors of Auschwitz, developing versatile individual and intersecting... Read More

Karl Coplan’s "Live Sustainably Now" suggests ways to reduce one’s carbon footprint with a “carbon budget” that may seem like a severe challenge, but whose strategies... Read More

Sarah Cole’s fascinating literary investigation "Inventing Tomorrow" shows how H. G. Wells’s work is relevant and meaningful today. Beginning by juxtaposing Virginia... Read More