The 2014 Crimean war becomes the backdrop of a more personal drama in Kalani Pickhart’s novel "I Will Die in a Foreign Land". In late 2013, Ukraine explodes into political violence, which is made worse when Russia annexes the Crimean... Read More

A spirited young spiritualist rejects confinement in Victoria Mas’s electrifying historical novel The Mad Women’s Ball. At the end of the nineteenth century, otherwise fast-modernizing France still considers anomalous women to be an... Read More

Art is the lens through which Teju Cole examines and makes sense of our shared humanity in the essay collection "Black Paper". Across six sections, Cole uses different art forms, including painting, photography, and literature, to... Read More

Georgann Eubanks documents endangered native plants and a pantheon of botanists, citizen scientists, and environmental advocates working to restore their populations and habitats in "Saving the Wild South". Each chapter profiles a... Read More

Love’s Legacy is exciting as it untangles a modern family’s complex connection to one of the nineteenth century’s most prominent men. Daniel Fallon’s literary memoir Love’s Legacy documents his search for the truth about his... Read More

Taking place across continents, "Saga Boy" is the memoir of a Black Trinidadian who grew into his manhood in Canada, surrounded by whiteness and colonial legacies. Downing’s early childhood was filled with Anglican hymns, British-style... Read More

Michael Tisserand began a pandemic project: he started going through the boxes he saved after his father, Jerry Tisserand, died in 2008. That’s where he first discovered his father’s penchant for photography. He presents a selection... Read More

"The Adventures of Women in Tech" is an information-packed, inclusivity-centered book for and about women in tech. Alana Karen’s groundbreaking business book "The Adventures of Women in Tech" amplifies the voices, contributions, and... Read More