In his excellent and informative book Five Times Faster, Simon Sharpe proposes solutions to climate change challenges on three fronts: science, economics, and policy. Sharpe argues that the biggest problem with current approaches to... Read More

The tale of the legendary rock band Queen is given pictorial treatment in the handsome graphic novel "Queen in Comics". Queen maintained a perennial presence on the pop charts in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, but their path to... Read More

Scott Chaskey’s elegant and spirited essay collection "Soil and Spirit" concerns the interconnectedness of elements and life forms. Studded with literary quotes, poetry, personal anecdotes, and scenes from a well-traveled life, these... Read More

Emily Lynn Paulson’s eye-opening memoir "Hey, Hun" exposes the underbelly of the multilevel marketing industry. As a stay-at-home mother who abandoned her career for her husband and children, Paulson was disillusioned, lonely, and... Read More

Noting that camping rocketed in popularity during COVID-19, "Making Camp" explores the history of recreational camping, from its nineteenth-century Adirondack beginnings through to the present. With an abundance of vintage illustrations... Read More

"A Slow, Calculated Lynching" is Devery S. Anderson’s biography of Clyde Kennard, whose desire for an education and opportunities led to his gradual martyrdom. Kennard was born in Mississippi in 1927; he grew up facing entrenched... Read More

A botanist hurries to find a murderer who uses poisonous bouquets as their calling card in Kate Khavari’s charming series mystery novel A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality. At University College London in the early 1920s, men... Read More

In Billy O’Callaghan’s haunting historical novel "The Paper Man", decades-old wartime secrets are revealed. Rebekah died of tuberculosis when her son, Jack, was a boy; the identity of Jack’s father was never disclosed. In Ireland... Read More