At a time in his life when he was being torn apart by conflicting commitments to family, faith, and a workaholic lifestyle, Greg Marcus found a treasure trove of wisdom in his own Jewish tradition. His encounter with Mussar, a... Read More

That ominous sloshing sound Jen Karetnick hears in her sleep is the warmer, ever-fatter Atlantic spilling over the brim of her Miami hometown. Denial be damned, this collection confronts climate change and poetically spotlights the... Read More

As Gwenn sleeps soundly, her curious cat, Rusty, stalks the neighborhood using all of his feline senses to explore, in Madeleine Dunphy’s "Cat in the Night". Bright stars and flashing eyes flicker across the deep blues and purples of... Read More

Part “hard-nosed researcher,” and part “poetic dharma teacher,” Shinzen Young brings fifty years of meditation experience and exploration of the best of what East and West have to offer to bear, showing how science and... Read More

Translated from the original French by Karen Li, "Abigail the Whale", a.k.a. Marlène Baleine, by Davide Cali, follows young Abigail over the course of a week as she learns to use the power of positive thinking to overcome her fears and... Read More

Most kids would panic at the thought of a monster lurking underneath their bed, but not Ethan. He’s desperate to get his back. Hey, That’s My Monster!, from Amanda Noll, is a quirky bedtime story with plenty of good humor, thrills,... Read More

Godsey offers a way of thinking about both science and religion that could unite the measurable with the spiritual. In "The God Particle", R. Kirby Godsey surprisingly bridges the science-religion divide without the need to endure brain-... Read More

Adolfo Kaminsky, A Forger’s Life is an impressive, attention-grabbing account of undermining corrupt and murderous governments. The Nazi occupation of France forced Adolfo Kaminsky, a brilliant young student fascinated by chemistry and... Read More