A surreal neon dream, this picture book is an ode to the sea, to connection, and to weathering the storm. Neon pinks, yellows, greens, and blues leap out from dark backdrops, depicting the lighthouse keeper’s ever-growing beard of... Read More

Pamelia Chia’s celebratory cookbook "PlantAsia" draws on vivid childhood memories of hawker stall food and extensive travels to proffer encyclopedic knowledge of Asian culinary techniques and ingredients. Eschewing the environmental... Read More

"The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook" is Becky L. Diamond’s entertaining guide to late nineteenth-century holiday sweets, decorations, and customs. Studded like a literary plum pudding with recipes, illustrations, and Christmas lore, it... Read More

An immortal considers what it means to live and die in Eugen Bacon’s speculative novella "Novic". Novic, a religious figure with the gift of immortality, leaves home to find a mentor and understand his power. He meets Brad, who poisons... Read More

Gigi Little’s novel "Who Killed One the Gun?" is both a hard-boiled detective story and a whimsical, existential meditation on destiny, self-determination, and forgiveness. One the Gun is a private eye tasked with finding the killer of... Read More

The bright colors and bold patterns and brushstrokes of abstract art bring added fun to this quirky counting book. Arty the aardvark is looking for lunch; along the way, he encounters several friends enjoying their own fare. An... Read More

In Lee Ann Walling’s insightful novel "The Salt and Light Express", a grieving woman undertakes a solo road trip that opens her to the transformative power of relationships. Chris drives her Winnebago from Delaware to Utah with the... Read More

In Mariana Travacio’s compact and lyrical novel "All That Dies in April", a woman leaves the parched landscape of her village above the Argentinian pampas to search for the sea. For fourteen years, Lina begged her husband Relicario to... Read More