The price a family pays for succumbing to the fear of the atomic bomb is at the center of Ciera Horton McElroy’s historical novel "Atomic Family". Dean, Nellie, and Wilson Porter are an all-American family living in the suburb of a... Read More

Intrepid bookseller Shaun Bythell is back with his latest edition of wry tales from the Bookshop, Wigtown, Scotland’s beloved purveyor of used books. Bookending each entry with notes of online orders and till sales, Bythell makes a... Read More

Reminiscent of the 1920s Gatsby era, with undercover alcohol and the hint of danger, James Ziskin’s "Bombay Monsoon" is a captivating thriller set during a pivotal time in Indian history. Danny Jacobs is a reporter fresh on the beat... Read More

Dave Dempsey spent more than three decades working in a range of environmental-policy roles in Michigan, and those experiences inform his new essay collection "Half Wild". The stories in the book all discuss the intersection of human... Read More

In "The Remarkable Reefs of Cuba", David E. Guggenheim details the global loss of coral reefs, showing how Cuba, with its astounding contrasts and unrelenting hardships, is home to the healthiest coral reefs remaining. As compelling as... Read More

A soldier with the German SS during World War II is confronted about his involvement sixty-five years later in the gripping graphic novel "The Journey of Marcel Grob". Marcel is an eighty-three-year-old retired engineer when he faces a... Read More

Descriptions of nature as competitive (Charles Darwin) and “red in tooth and claw” (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) shaped the way people perceive it today. "Sweet in Tooth and Claw" debunks such concepts to reveal that, in fact, cooperation... Read More

In Ellen Pall’s absorbing novel "Must Read Well", a trip down memory lane proves to be both emotional and treacherous. At Columbia, Elizabeth struggles to write her dissertation on famous feminist writers. She’s coming up short on... Read More