Ecologist Mark J. Easter’s book "The Blue Plate" proposes means of creating sustainable food systems to address the challenges of climate change. Divided into sections based around common favorite foods, each chapter highlights a type... Read More
In Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Sara Shepard’s thriller "Gaslight", a power-seeking cult exploits its members. Having escaped her controlled past, Rebecca lives a quiet life with her husband and two children in Nevada. This changes when... Read More
In Jessica Mills’s absorbing biographical novel "The English Chemist", the scientist responsible for discovering the illusive structure of DNA is denied recognition due to the duplicity of her colleagues. Rosalind Franklin, a scientist... Read More
In Heather B. Moore’s exciting historical novel "Lady Flyer", a trailblazing World War II pilot and fierce advocate for women’s equality takes a stand that changes women’s futures in the military. Set mainly in the United States... Read More
In Meg Ripley’s subversive, thrilling novel "Necrology", a wise girl raised on the wonders of the wilds is forced to contend with those who would see her kind extinguished. In an alternate version of America, magic pulses through the... Read More
A Canadian woman learns about her family’s past in the excellent graphic memoir "All Our Ordinary Stories". Wong’s mother had a stroke in 2014, prompting a deeper investigation into the family history. Through conversations,... Read More
Tragedy strikes a dysfunctional Turkish German family in Fatma Aydemir’s searing novel "Djinns". Hüseyin worked hard his entire life so he could bring his family back to his homeland in style. He dies only a week after accomplishing... Read More
While some bars in Chicago have served Jeppson’s Malört for nearly a century, in the past two decades, the bitter, wormwood-derived botanical spirit found new life as both a niche favorite and an ironic countercultural drink. That... Read More