For many families, it’s a struggle to find a back-to-the-earth sweet spot that still includes reasonable amounts of twenty-first-century tech comfort along with the foraging/gardening/renewabling path to living closer to nature. Here,... Read More

In a large bowl, add a pinch of Alice in Wonderland, a spoonful of Gulliver’s Travels, and a smattering of Treasure Island. Stir slowly while pouring in a cup of The Wizard of Oz. Now douse the whole thing with clever tomboy snark, and... Read More

Imagine yourself at Florence High in 1512 and you need a senior portrait for the yearbook. Who you gonna call? Michelangelo, perhaps, or Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Correggio … Not if you wanted the best because all those guys... Read More

Cleveland proves that those who currently feel alone in their personal struggles are actually in good company. The troubled heart of Nicholas E. Cleveland’s From Happiness to Tragedy; to Bliss on the Borderline pulses with difficult... Read More

"Missing Frames" offers compelling insights for survivors of traumatic brain injury and their friends and family. Missing Frames: Memoir of a Woman Living with Hidden Disabilities, by Scooter, offers an insider’s view of the... Read More

Mental laziness, overblown belief in self, and indifference to political awareness all serve to enfeeble the American experiment. In The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism, editors Mark... Read More

This mature novel for young adults explores growing up and developing political opinions, even while bringing the decade of boom boxes and big hair to life. The 1980s was a unique decade in American social and political history, and... Read More

Mixing history, pop culture, scientific facts, and anecdotal insights based on years of experience as a board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Edelman presents a fascinating look at America’s current dating culture in Be Your Own... Read More