"In Spite of the Consequences" is Lacino Hamilton’s blistering indictment of the outsized American prison system. An unjust conviction sent Hamilton to prison for twenty-six years before he was exonerated. Selections from thousands of... Read More

"Find More Birds" is a handy guide for birders, covering over one hundred steps toward increasing one’s chances of seeing birds in the wild. Birds leave behind evidence of their whereabouts, Wolf says—clues that can be followed to... Read More

The career guide "Winning at Public Speaking" is filled with practical advice for delivering confident and persuasive arguments. Directed at lawyers, Shane Read’s career guide "Winning at Public Speaking" suggests ways of connecting to... Read More

Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, the loss and resurgence of his ship, and memories of growing up in South Africa inform Darrel Bristow-Bovey’s entrancing literary memoir "Finding Endurance", about the romantic spirit of... Read More

Pedrag B. Slijepčević’s compelling science book Biocivilizations disputes assumptions about the preeminence of humanity, arguing that much older forms of life have perfected skills that still elude human beings. Citing thinkers... Read More

A teenager learns when it’s time to set childhood ideas aside in the entertaining coming-of-age novel "Worldwide Crush". A superfan hopes to meet her favorite celebrity in Kristin Nilsen’s funny, bighearted novel "Worldwide Crush".... Read More

Halloween meals mark the anniversary of a twin sister’s death in Sarah Gilmartin’s novel "Dinner Party". Growing up, Kate thought that people either wore their emotions on their sleeves or suppressed them. Her melodramatic,... Read More

Revealing the power of being present and listening to others, Traci Medford-Rosow’s memoir "Unsheltered Love" covers her encounters with people facing homelessness during COVID-19. In the early days of the pandemic, Medford-Rosow and... Read More