Hermann Hesse wrote iconic, pensive novels, but he was also a butterfly collector. In "Butterflies", a charming book for nature and literature lovers, he marvels over the creatures up close. Excerpts concerning butterflies, selected from... Read More
Intimate, vibrant, exuberant, and with elements of a travelogue, Chawadee Nualkhair’s cookbook "Real Thai Cooking" introduces regional specialties with flair. Surveying four Thai regions and their unique cooking styles, flavors, and... Read More
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu’s novel "And Then He Sang a Lullaby" interrogates love, secrecy, and a revolution in Nigeria. August’s mother died in childbirth; he blames himself. His father is distant and inconsolable, and his sisters push... Read More
The creative, bracing essays of Rebecca May Johnson’s "Small Fires" redefine the act of cooking and elevate the value of domestic labor. They critique what it means to interpret recipes; with a combination of intellectual rigor and... Read More
In Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s emotive novel "Glassworks", four generations struggle under the weight of unexpressed feelings, unsaid words, and unmet needs. It starts with a bee. In 1910, heiress Agnes takes a renowned glass artist,... Read More
Award-winning Gitxsan journalist Angela Sterritt is “holding … pens of healing” in "Unbroken", a thought-provoking memoir about advocating for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Highway 16 in Vancouver is known as the... Read More
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The City of Lost Chances is a gritty adventure fantasy of uncommon breadth, fashioning a universe brimming with magic and treachery. Illmar was recently conquered by Pallesand, an authoritarian nation. The shocking... Read More
This exquisite book collects horrifying and supernatural Japanese folk tales, enhancing them with haunting artwork. Lafcadio Hearn was an American transplant in Japan. He married there and changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo; he published... Read More