The secret life of the spotted salamander unfolds as April anticipates her special role in their yearly migration from underground habitats beneath the forest floor to nearby ponds and wetlands. Hushed and reverent with flashlights and... Read More

The extraordinary life and times of Moe Berg, professional baseball player turned international spy, are chronicled in a brief biography, beginning with his humble origins in New Jersey as a student with a voracious appetite for learning... Read More

Discover some of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures hiding in a brightly tinged coral reef, lurking on the murky sea floor, or frolicking among the surf and waves in a colorful introduction to underwater life. From angelfish and... Read More

The old woman who swallowed a fly has finally met her match in this rollicking, rhyming adventure in overeating. Fun cutouts make room in the old giant’s suspendered trousers for the increasingly wild and zany hijinks. They begin with... Read More

Restaurateur Amanda Ruben makes two generations of Ruben women who fell into cooking as a joyous career. Flipping through her tantalizing new cookbook, it’s easy to understand why she was propelled to parlay her recipes, with their... Read More

"Whiskey and Ribbons" is an absorbing delight, illumined by richly described relationships and thoughtful explorations of life’s central questions. The tale of a young police officer killed in the line of duty, "Whiskey and Ribbons" is... Read More

In Gillian Best’s "The Last Wave", raw human emotion teems just underneath the lapping surface of modern English life. After accidentally falling into the sea while fishing with her father, Martha begins a lifelong romance with the... Read More

In "The Big Get-Even", hard-boiled crime meets a crew of wise-cracking ex-cons. Just out of prison for scamming clients and stealing millions, Glen McClinton is trying to adjust to a life of poverty and ignominy. He’s found a somewhat... Read More