Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano led female marine recruits to succeed in a system that expected little from women and kept them out of infantry roles. In "Fight Like a Girl", she recounts bringing up performance scores and morale at the... Read More

Audrey Schulman’s engrossing novel is a combination of dystopian fiction, science fiction, and a love story, uniting bonobos and survival in the not-so-distant future. Dr. Francine Burk, a recent MacArthur winner, has decided to share... Read More

To understand the impact of poverty wages on the world’s workers, history professor Annelise Orleck traveled around the United States and the world, conducting 140 interviews, reviewing documents, and studying news reports. This... Read More

With the flavor of an international thriller and deep explorations of grieving and healing, "The Unmade World" is a novel with heart. Spanning many years and traversing two continents, "The Unmade World" by Steve Yarbrough weaves... Read More

Pearls on a Branch: Tales from the Arab World Told by Women is a collection of thirty stories curated by Najla Khoury, who spent years compiling, polishing, and editing these primarily oral works. Retold from generation to generation,... Read More

Oh, you make it look so easy—everyday language, simple truths, no head-scratching allusions or hidden meaning—can you do this in your sleep, Mr. Hedin? Standing on your head? We know better, and stand in awe. With three National... Read More

Lawlor’s novel introduces hefty topics in a highly entertaining, fresh, and thought-provoking way. With their debut, "Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl", Andrea Lawlor delivers a hilarious, original, gender-fluid novel replete with... Read More

The essays in "The Long Weeping" traverse the full range of human experiences with grace. "The Long Weeping", by Jessie van Eerden, hums with lyricism and insights that reach to the essence of life, grief, and the soul. These essays are... Read More