In Carl de Souza’s novel "Kaya Days", a simple errand leads a teenager into a days-long odyssey. Santee leaves her house one afternoon to bring her brother, Ram, home from school, only to be told he is missing. Her search puts her in... Read More

A short fever dream of a book, "Springer Mountain" combines historical records with personal philosophies about the evolution of meat-eating and vegetarianism in human beings. Wyatt Williams, a restaurant critic, was on a mission to... Read More

Georgann Eubanks documents endangered native plants and a pantheon of botanists, citizen scientists, and environmental advocates working to restore their populations and habitats in "Saving the Wild South". Each chapter profiles a... 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 ends. Bert Williams was a singer, actor, and comedian who... Read More

The work of the famed twentieth-century Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca is given an additional, exciting visual dimension by Tobias Tak in the graphic adaptation "Canciones Federico Garcia Lorca". Garcia Lorca’s poems are known for... Read More

Daniel Pauly may be the most prominent ocean advocate you’ve never heard of. His unusual life and impressive achievements regarding planetary-scale marine topics are recounted by his colleague David Grémillet in The Ocean’s... Read More

Yara El-Ghadban looks at the life of Ariel Sharon from a unique perspective in her novel "I Am Ariel Sharon". In January 2006, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon—nicknamed “Arik”—falls into a coma from which he will never... Read More

Polish food authority Zuza Zak introduces the Baltic states in Amber & Rye, a stunning account of her summer tour of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Her creative versions of traditional recipes and novel use of beloved local... Read More