An inquisitive child muses over people’s quirks and distinguishing behaviors, noting potential contradictions in the mix. They consider what “power” entails following a librarian’s maybe unfulfilled dictum about voracious... Read More

Handling the tough topics of weight loss, obesity, and disordered eating with respect, "Always Hungry" is a revealing memoir. Jane McGuinness’s witty, openhearted memoir "Always Hungry" is about experiencing weight loss, motherhood,... Read More

A man searches the multiverse for self-realization in the graphic novel "The Wormhole Society". Rusty is a sex-obsessed guy with erectile dysfunction and a history of demeaning women. He orders a call girl, Sonya, humiliates her, then... Read More

Noting that only 40 percent of nations have ever had a woman leader, Kate Graham’s plucky biographical essay collection Run the World like a Girl introduces women politicians who beat the odds to work for equality. The book contains... Read More

Éliette Abécassis’s taut and poignant novel uses reverse chronology to explore significant moments in the lives of a Parisian couple. Jules and Alice meet in the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1955, when Alice is eighteen and Jules is... Read More

An explorer and a robot crash in an ancient forest on an unexplored planet, but their heartwarming story is but one stitch in the great quilt of time and space that connects and envelops us all. The intricate illustrations nod to classic... Read More

The essays from leading tree scientists collected in "In the Circle of Ancient Trees" read like fervent love letters to ten of the most ancient and important tree species on the planet. Dendrochronology, or the study of tree rings to... Read More

A work of unusual wisdom, Yorick Goldewijk’s story collection "The Tree That Was a World" introduces a tree and the creatures surrounding it. In these pithy fables, a spider resists consuming flies, dismayed that its perfect webs never... Read More