The short, potent essays of Margaret Renkl’s Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss are objects as worthy of marvel and study as the birds and other creatures they observe. Linked stories concentrate on Renkl’s family,... Read More

Brooke Warner’s "Write On, Sisters!" is a detailed study of gender in writing and publishing and an inviting call to action for women who write. The book begins with the bad news: women face a wide array of challenges when it comes to... Read More

Nancy Campbell Allen’s steampunk romance "The Lady in the Coppergate Tower" is a fantasy-laden Victorian era tale whose fascinating world is filled with drama and adventure. In high society London, working class Hazel works and pines... Read More

White nationalists, mass shooters, conspiracy theorists: these scary labels seem to belong to the most extreme members of society. But as Daryl Johnson argues in "Hateland", hateful extremism resides in the mainstream consciousness like... Read More

Emma Sky’s "In a Time of Monsters" is transportative, introducing a region rife with conflict and hope. For many, the Middle East seems abstract, or a homogeneous idea associated with turmoil and violence. While in some places that may... Read More

Discover the technology that’s responsible for sending animals, astronauts, machines, and a well-balanced variety of vegetables into outer space through this lively collection of fun facts and fast stats. Forty colorful infographic... Read More

Peek into the heart of New Zealand’s lush landscape in this riveting tale of survival and suspense. A fierce mother fantail zealously guards her nest of eggs against scavenging rats, each scene created in contrast, its snippets of... Read More

When bulldozers and loud construction threaten to tear down her idyllic seaside home and replace it with a highway, Lula finds an unlikely champion in the multi-tentacled resident of a nearby tidal pool. In this title that’s big on... Read More