Written for anyone interested in Talmudic and culinary learning, Kenden Alfond’s "Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves" is a book to nourish your brain, spirit, and body. The book represents a community effort, with 129... Read More

"Ministers of a New Medium" brings fresh insight into Christian evangelism, tracing the lives and work of two pioneering preachers from the early days of radio in the US. Walter Maier, a Lutheran pastor, and Fulton Sheen, a Catholic... Read More

Jillian Haslam’s compelling memoir "A Voice out of Poverty" recounts the penury of her Calcutta childhood and her subsequent determination to become a force for social change. The daughter of a British father and English-Armenian... Read More

M. S. King’s "Dad Spelled Backward" chronicles his and his wife’s frustrating yet fulfilling quest to have a baby. King, a New York dentist and comedian, was in his fifties when he met his wife, Gaby. Though, when King was younger,... Read More

Via photographic portraits and profiles, "Grit and Grace" celebrates remarkable, resilient women from twenty-five emerging nations, including artisans in Myanmar and merchants in Ugandan refugee camps. Alison Wright’s vibrant,... Read More

The chaputs style of dugout canoe has great cultural importance to Canada’s Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations. Joe Martin, a master of the craft with more than sixty such canoes to his name, teams up with museum curator Alan Hoover to... Read More

In her latest book, Leslie Kern deconstructs various myths about gentrification, revealing the harm that they cause—on top of gentrification itself. For middle- and upper-class white people, gentrification–when poor urban areas are... Read More

In "The Cuban Sandwich", Andrew T. Huse, Bárbara C. Cruz, and Jeff Houck give the titular dish a well-deserved spotlight. The Cuban sandwich, or Cubano, has been a favorite in both Cuba and the United States for over a century.... Read More