Set in Newfoundland, Violet Browne’s evocative, lyrical novel "This Is the House That Luke Built" is about a woman from a small fishing village who loses her husband at sea. The novel traces fifty years in Rose’s life via brief,... Read More

In the mid-nineteenth century, the expanding United States worked to colonize the territory that’s now Arizona. To do so, it turned to the Middle East for expertise, inspiration, and camels. Natalie Koch’s "Arid Empire" shows how... Read More

Sophie Strand’s insightful spirituality book "The Flowering Wand" gives men an alternative to toxic masculinity by mining the myths and legends of the past. Strand notes that the treatment of masculinity in contemporary society is... Read More

"The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar" is an allegorical novel about the significance of self-evaluation and self-awareness. With self-help aims, Aneace Haddad’s allegorical novel "The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar" encourages... Read More

Filled with encouraging advice, "Ted Kennedy Watson’s Guide to Stylish Entertaining" is a stunning, unfussy, and colorful manual that places emphasis on putting one’s guests at ease, anticipating their needs for eats and ambiance,... Read More

A taxi driver succumbs to her bizarre, terrifying delusions in Juan José Millás’s novel "Let No One Sleep". From the moment that she heard her downstairs neighbor playing opera through the air vent, Lucía knew that they were... Read More

Via photographic portraits and profiles, "Grit and Grace" celebrates remarkable, resilient women from twenty-five emerging nations, including artisans in Myanmar and merchants in Ugandan refugee camps. Alison Wright’s vibrant,... Read More

Have you ever tried to breed storks, frogs, or beavers? Derek Gow has. An aspiring zoologist and a frustrated farmer, Gow turned his obsession with animals into a rewilding project on his three-hundred-acre British farm. A man of action,... Read More