Essays explore isolation, weaving together the intangible and material touchstones of life periods with remarkable ease. Essayist and journalist Aaron Gilbreath excavates memories from his young adulthood through his early thirties in... Read More

This is a gripping story of a man’s struggle to survive AIDS, and a touching memoir about a relationship that ended too soon. In the early 1980s, when AIDS was still a new and misunderstood threat, Michael Ward’s partner, Mark... Read More

Mann appeals for all to hear the keening of a planet whose resources are strained beneath modern consumption. In 2008, Heather Mann and her husband, Dave, downsized their home in Wisconsin, bought a boat, and began a multiyear sailing... Read More

It is the story of a woman faced with an unimaginable obstacle, and how she found the strength to climb over it. When Kristin Collier’s husband came out to her as transgender, Kristin did what most people do when faced with the... Read More

This is an inspirational memoir about a determined woman who faked it till she made it—and made it big. "Pressure Makes Diamonds" is Valerie Graves’s memoir, a story about an accomplished woman who is the epitome of grit. Graves... Read More

Covering the science and history of climate change, "Protecting the Planet" represents an ambitious attempt to cover the entire context of climate change, from origins to possible solutions. Unfortunately, it is only partially... Read More

Denim pants have never been so interesting as in Lynn Downey’s new biography of the very man who birthed blue jeans. "Levi Strauss" is a fresh, in-depth, groundbreaking look at an American icon. The first official historian for Levi... Read More

Essential oils are the latest craze in the home-party market, but these natural health products pack a much more powerful benefit than kitchen gadgets and fashion items. Worwood was an essential-oil expert well before the current trend.... Read More