In this touching and poignant coming-of-age story, fourteen-year-old Henry Walker enters the famed Clinton Academy on a scholarship. Brushing shoulders with the rich, the entitled, and the spoiled, Henry finds himself trying to hide his... Read More

In 1947, naturalist Edwin Way Teale and his wife traveled the East Coast from Florida to the Canadian border. Their journey, the subject of North with the Spring, had a dual purpose: scientific—to track the coming of spring and assess... Read More

Through one man’s struggle and redemption, this memoir shows the restorative power of the quest for spiritual truth. Growing Old with Grace: How a Shakti Guru Transformed My Life by Ramakrishna Michaels is a memoir of a life... Read More

Progressive and philosophical audiences will be enthralled by Buckley’s unconventionality and ingenuity. Beverley Buckley’s "Final Days of Judgement" is an intriguing spiritual exploration of the origins and future of the universe,... Read More

All will come away from this New York City volume with newfound love for the beguiling, legendary, volatile town. Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, is a multidisciplinary ode... Read More

This resonant novel explores the intersections of truth and fiction. "Fever Tree", by Tim Applegate, takes its name from a band that, to people of a certain age, evoked the promises and disappointments of the late ’60s and early... Read More

This whirlwind of a novel sweeps through the intertwined lives of its many main characters with witty observations and scenes of bawdy depravity. It’s 1983, and the Yale graduate students in James Magruder’s "Love Slaves of Helen... Read More

Grand and wondrous ideas abound in this thought-provoking metaphysical journey. The development of the soul is the main focus of Bud Megargee’s strange and fascinating book, "Dirt, Truth, Music and Bungee Cords". Even the most... Read More