One cold October, thirteen-year-old Sal and her younger half-sister, Peppa, escape from their alcoholic mother and sexually abusive stepfather into the wilds of Scotland, setting up camp in Galloway Forest Park. As the winter advances,... Read More

Heather Chisvin’s pensive, eloquent novel traces the paths of two Russian Jewish sisters: one based in Winnipeg, the other in Manhattan; one who commits suicide, one a survivor left with unanswerable questions. It reveals the trauma... Read More

Bears Ears National Monument has been in the news of late as the Trump administration sought to dramatically scale back its protected acreage. Bears Ears: Views from a Sacred Land is a visual and literary introduction to this singular... Read More

Every feeling has a positive and a negative side, and jealousy is no different. Psychologist Robert Leahy offers keys to using jealousy to build relationships, not tear them down. Rather than denying jealousy or condemning it, this book... Read More

Jane Goodall’s research center on the shores of a Tanzanian lake pulsates with the passions, perils, and promises of the 1960s in Dale Peterson’s "The Ghosts of Gombe". The book seeks to solve the mysterious disappearance of a... Read More

"The Beekeeper" is Dunya Mikhail’s haunting account of Abdullah, who devoted his life to rescuing mostly Yazidi women and children kidnapped and kept captive by the Daesh, aka the Islamic State. The book includes autobiographical... Read More

This is cinematic science fiction, moving at a fast pace and building up a complex world. Warren Hammond and Joshua Viola’s Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars is brisk science fiction enlivened by lovable characters and a bone-chilling... Read More

This will be a rewarding book for anyone looking for a way to engage in less conflict-based, more effective community change. Lawyer and activist Sherri Mitchell was raised on a Penobscot reservation in Maine. She translates years of... Read More