Exploring what contemplative spiritual practice might look like if it grew beyond entrenched eurocentric, heteronormative, and patriarchal traditions, "Queering Contemplation" envisions embracing and celebrating the vast array of human... Read More
A man restarts life after serving ten years as a political prisoner in the graphic biography "The Boy from Clearwater", which records society-wide changes in Taiwan over time. Released from Taiwan’s Green Island prison, Tshua Khun-lim... Read More
The barnyard antics that fill the middle grade novel Mr. Luggie Tatters and the Terrible Trouble at Forevergreen Farm are overseen by a lovable canine leader. In Margaret Kennedy’s boisterous middle grade novel Mr. Luggie Tatters and... Read More
Intimate, vibrant, exuberant, and with elements of a travelogue, Chawadee Nualkhair’s cookbook "Real Thai Cooking" introduces regional specialties with flair. Surveying four Thai regions and their unique cooking styles, flavors, and... Read More
With advice garnered from his luminous career in sociology and his personal experiences, Morrie Schwartz’s "The Wisdom of Morrie" is a thoughtful treatise that is filled with insights about aging with joy. Throughout the book, Schwartz... Read More
Out of the cloister and into the world, a young nun with a tragic past is presented with a chance for a new beginning in Anna Quinn’s novel "Angeline". After taking vows to escape losses that she cannot talk about, Angeline fades into... Read More
"Bark On" is Mason Boyles’s free-ranging, fanciful novel about the complex dynamics and extreme training regimen of two triathletes. Benji, a scandalized former Olympic trainer, recruits and coaches endurance athletes for Ironman... Read More
In the aftermath of six nuclear explosions, the world is in a state of devastation. In Brandon Ying Kit Boey’s science fiction novel "Karma of the Sun", the threat of a seventh explosion looms—unless the reincarnated Lama child can... Read More