Crust lovers will find crispy, gooey, or golden-brown delights in this inventive pastry cookbook. Chances are, one can poll ten guests at any dinner party and find out that (a) all ten love any sort of pie, and (b) at least nine are... Read More

This discussion of ufology will help alien communicators successfully say, “Take me to your leader.” How would extraterrestrials communicate? Would they prefer to read our minds or to learn our languages and communicate on our level?... Read More

Several centuries of research trace the various motives behind suicide—some trivial, others political, but always tragic and disheartening. Suicide is a grim subject. Yet to artful writers, it offers not only tense moments and drama... Read More

These seventeen exceptionally well-written essays explain that an unprecedented explosion of data injures the restorative nature of certain important ways of thinking. Sven Birkert’s Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the... Read More

Interviews with dozens of prominent humanitarian atheists underscore the belief that humans are hardwired for kindness. Americans are much more likely to vote for a convicted felon than an atheist, according to a recent sociology study,... Read More

This heartwarming story is a journey into a period that is both proper and filled with healthy banter and dark family secrets. Lord Fenton’s Folly, by Josi S. Kilpack, is a poignant love story set in the 1800s, delightfully filled with... Read More

If Sheldon Cooper were a detective, he’d be Samuel Hoenig, whose Asperger’s symptoms and mystery-solving skills combine to offer humor and suspense. Samuel Hoenig is not your usual detective. While he lives with Asperger’s... Read More

Brisk pacing, sarcasm, and the threat of brawls and bullets all contribute to a satisfying whodunit with a slight film-noir feel. Mike Scofield, private detective and security for hire, feels personally insulted when a murder takes place... Read More