Vanessa F. Penney’s magical novel "The Witch of Willow Sound" is about rural prejudice, the wounds of the past, and forgiveness. Pulled from her perambulatory routines by an emergency phone call from her mother, Phaedra travels to... Read More

Spicy flavors zing through "Heartland Masala", a delightful cookbook by mother-son team Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji. Recreating traditional Indian dishes in American kitchens, the book combines culinary history and commentary with a wealth... Read More

Empowering retail leaders to market, merchandise, and manage their way to higher sales, "Store Traffic Is a Gift" is an instructive business manual. Mark Ryski’s insightful sales guide "Store Traffic Is a Gift" is about turning store... Read More

Two high school students take tentative steps toward a relationship in Moosopp’s romantic graphic novel "Daybreak". Marcus and Cog are classmates from different friend groups who pass each other in the halls and around campus. Marcus... Read More

"Feed Us with Trees" is Elspeth Hay’s measured, engrossing exploration of nut trees as significant food sources, connecting sweeping concepts in world history, environmental studies, and agronomy. Unpacking food myths, the book... Read More

Chef Chad Hyatt’s cookbook "The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen" compiles a range of fascinating and practical information regarding the culinary versatility of wild and cultivated edible mushrooms. A celebration of mushrooms, the fruiting... Read More

The place bears play in American culture is given a scholarly growl in Daniel Horowitz’s "Bear With Me", which dissects the nation’s affection for, fear of, and ill-advised anthropomorphization of bears of all varieties. This is a... Read More

Taking the traditional hero’s quest in intriguing directions, Mari Lowe’s enjoyable novel "Beinoni" follows a boy who spent years preparing for his bar mitzvah—with the added pressure that, as the Nivchar, or Chosen One, he’ll... Read More