Personal experience and in-depth research combine to help cancer patients and their families think outside the treatment box. When Laura Bond’s mother was diagnosed with ovarian and uterine cancer, the doctors offered the standard... Read More

The careful dance between the worthy and the regrettable helps the narration maintain balance, even as its characters careen toward their own ruination. The latest novel from NPR contributor Alan Cheuse draws its inspiration from the... Read More

Wilder’s memoir is a fascinating piece of American history, but it’s the annotations that set "Pioneer Girl" apart as the most important work of its kind. Generations have grown up with Laura Ingalls Wilder through the Little House... Read More

MariNaomi cuts to the quick with her emotionally resonant comics collection that offers variety and a comforting voice. A practiced hand at personal, tell-all comics, MariNaomi collects comics from her ongoing online feature Smoke in... Read More

Bell examines the ugly clash between civilizations on the American frontier through an artistic, lyrical prism. With intense characterizations and a solid grasp of time and place, Catherine Bell’s literary historical novel delves into... Read More

The journals of a prostitute help a young girl learn what it means to overcome hardship and become an independent woman. The sex trade has been a favorite theme of authors for hundreds of years, and why wouldn’t it be? The world’s... Read More

Rowan offers an entertaining documentation of the Cubs’ influence on American history. At a key moment in It’s a Wonderful Life, the angel Clarence tells a despondent George Bailey how each life touches so many others. That seems to... Read More

Whatever your vegan reason—deplorable slaughterhouse conditions, land degradation caused by monoculture farm practices to raise animal feed, overwhelmingly positive health benefits—eating plants exclusively is a profoundly positive... Read More