In the sensitive novel "Sweet, Lovely, Attentive", two college students learn that considerable work goes into loving relationships, whether with partners, friends, or family members. In K. W. Jeppesen’s multicultural romance novel... Read More

Ralph Nader’s "The Rebellious CEO" profiles twelve executives for whom the greater good outweighed quick profits. These smart, flexible, independent thinkers instigated positive change and used their successes to leverage money and... Read More

In C. A. Castle’s engaging novel "The Manor House Governess", a queer tutor is enmeshed in the intrigues of the family that employs him. To survive bullying at school for his perceived effeminacy, Bron, who has been abandoned by the... Read More

In Kathleen Fine’s thriller "Girl on Trial", a teenager is prosecuted for manslaughter. Emily is sixteen. On top of her more ordinary concerns, her mother, Debbie, is an alcoholic; she’s developing an addiction to alcohol herself;... Read More

Mike Rothschild’s "Jewish Space Lasers" is a cutting exposé of centuries’-worth of antisemitic scapegoating, often done with one influential family at its center. “Where myth and mystique meet outsized wealth and great historical... Read More

Visually stunning and astonishing in scope, Stephen A. Harris’s "The Beauty of the Flower" is a history of botanical illustration that has all the makings of a classic reference text. Hundreds of gorgeous images are used to trace the... Read More

Diane Dimond’s ambitious book "We’re Here to Help" uncovers the devastation caused by mercenary guardians and conservators who exploit their court-appointed powers over vulnerable people. Dimond, an experienced investigative... Read More

Beth Kephart’s memoir-in-essays contemplates paper in its many forms, including its emotional, historical, and tangible impacts. With cohesive eloquence, the book details how paper defines mundane aspects of everyday life: it is there... Read More