Combining personal narrative and climate change research, this catastrophic book is capable of shaking the most secure temperament to its core. The best way to look at "China Lake" is as a long essay. The author seeks (and obtains)... Read More

No matter the hour, something exciting is happening on the mountains, shores, and cities found in "Around the World Right Now", from Gina Cascone and Bryony Williams Sheppard. Explore cultures, countries and climates while meandering... Read More

Salvador dreams of becoming a doctor after translating for his Spanish-speaking abuela at a crowded clinic with an uncaring physician. Inspired by his own experiences as a young boy helping his El Salvadorian grandmother navigate the US... Read More

Major League Baseball has gone to war with itself—the Black Sox gambling scandal, collective-bargaining negotiations in the late 1960s, steroid use—and also against Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I when more than 1,250... Read More

There is a glimmer of hope at the end of this novel, in which everyday arguments are interspersed with extraordinary life events. Spanning three generations, several decades, and two major world events, Bonnie Rozanski’s "Damaged... Read More

Characters’ stories influence one another compellingly, making "An Extraordinary Destiny" hold together despite its wide-ranging structure. In "An Extraordinary Destiny", Shekhar Paleja weaves together a number of characters’... Read More

Unlike many easy-fix food books touting local food as the answer, "No One Eats Alone" tackles both food and health from a systemic perspective. Its conclusions are likely to challenge eaters on all sides of the food conversation. While... Read More

When "After the Bloom" opens, Rita Takemitsu is, once again, cruising the streets looking for her mother, Lily. But as time passes with no sign of Lily, a new urgency infuses the old familiarity. Fourth-generation Japanese-Canadian... Read More