Motivational and hopeful, Nancy Pickard’s Bigger Better Braver is a self-help book for those who think that it’s too late to change. People don’t intend to live unfulfilling lives, Pickard knows, but so many do. Hemmed in by fear,... Read More

Chris Dubbs’s "An Unladylike Profession" jumps into the trenches with the women reporters of World War I—groundbreaking journalists who explained the war to readers in the US, and who shared stories from the war’s brutal aftermath.... Read More

In Emily Adrian’s quirky, resonant novel, "Everything Here Is under Control", two women resume the intense friendship of their teen years after more than a decade of estrangement and uncertainty. After giving birth to her first child,... Read More

"Smells" is part scholarly treatise, part fascinating popular history, dashed through with a soupçon of wit. Historian Robert Muchembled’s abundant research led him to scour estate and shop inventories, manuscripts, illustrations, and... Read More

The seven stories of Chistopher Coake’s realistic and memorable collection "You Would Have Told Me Not To" concern the various stages of failed relationships. Interplays between complicated people’s thoughts and actions carry the... Read More

"Friendship" is an elegant theological text that emphasizes the importance of friends in developing a spiritual and emotional life. Arguing that the “characteristic activity” of being human is living in friendship with others, Victor... Read More

Sam Van Schaik’s historical investigation "Buddhist Magic" reveals the significance and historical roots of magic in modern Buddhism. In 1900, a walled-up shrine was discovered inside of a cave belonging to a Buddhist temple complex in... Read More

Jarad Greene’s graphic novel "Scullion" romps through its medieval setting with humor, surprises, and a positive attitude. Darlis works as a dishwasher for the royal family. His mother has plans for him to follow her into the... Read More