This in-depth analysis of environmental conservation shows how seeking new responses to decreasing biodiversity can offer hope. Editors George Wuerthner, Eileen Crist, and Tom Butler deliver a powerful collection of environmental essays... Read More

Examining the history, function, and impact of paper on society, Müller reveals how the age of books and the age of the Internet are connected, not in opposition. Lothar Müller’s "White Magic" presents the evolution of paper from its... Read More

Bohn writes with verve and authority as he explores the foreign-policy practices of several presidents. Presidents strive to be wielders of bold and decisive foreign policies, yet circumstances beyond their control more often than not... Read More

An Australian music star must balance fame with family in this story filled with lush descriptions of the country. In Australian author Christine M. Knight’s Song Bird: Matters of the Heart, the plucky singer introduced in Life Song... Read More

Sensitive ruminations on one’s place in the community and the world will resonate with independent spirits. May 15, 1969: It’s Bloody Thursday at People’s Park in Berkeley, California, and street theater activist Gus Bessemer... Read More

An Arctic exploration becomes an exploration of the self as a man seeks a new understanding of connection with loved ones. The North Pole reveals itself to be not what government worker Oscar imagined in "Fram", an artfully funny novel... Read More

In a style that is both literary and fable-like, this novel follows an antihero on a journey to uniting the self with society. In a fantasy world that oddly mirrors our own, John Benditt weaves a fable-like tale that offers subtle... Read More

This author stands out as one unafraid to be sensitive as well as adventurous. An ex-convict turned detective for the LAPD, Bruno Johnson is a man who puts justice above all else, raising eight children he rescued from abusive... Read More