Exploring humanity’s relationship with, and dependence upon, technology, Trevor Paglen’s prescient science text "How to See Like a Machine", which is written from an industry insider’s perspective, overviews generative AI to expose... Read More

Jennifer Newens’s tiki cocktail guide "Thursday Night Tiki Lounge" includes drinks that are sweet, sour, strong, sometimes spicy, and mostly rum-based alongside gorgeous photographs. The book begins with a short history of tiki’s... Read More

Riad Sattouf’s exceptional graphic memoir "The End of the Arab of the Future" is about when his brother went missing. In 1992, Sattouf was fourteen years old. His father kidnapped his younger brother, Fadi, and took him to Syria.... Read More

Susan Cormier’s "Dead Bees Still Sting" is a poignant, often surprising collection of nature essays about rural life and beekeeping. These essays concern five seasons on a small farm on the edge of suburban Vancouver. Several focus on... Read More

In Lee Wind’s exciting novel "A Different Kind of Enemy", teenage spies scramble through an alien panic and a strained marriage. Nineteen days into their marriage, unbeknownst to each other’s callings, Nico and Sam are separately... Read More

In Karen Nelson’s coming-of-age novel "The Last Summer at Feather River", a woman works to save her grandfather’s failing ranch. In the summer of 1993, twelve-year-old Brooke navigates adolescent friendships and romance at Feather... Read More