Unicorns in literature are fascinating, evocative, mysterious, and elusive, and with "The Unicorn Anthology", editors Peter S. Beagle—himself of unicorn fame—and Jacob Weisman invite continued appreciation of the legendary beast,... Read More

Roger Sedjo, a senior fellow at an environmental think tank and a shared recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate assessment, is guardedly hopeful about humanity’s ability to deal with climate change—though... Read More

In Jon James Miller’s heartwarming noir "Looking for Garbo", James is dying for a unique story to build a documentary around. Seth, who’s dying of emphysema, lures James in with a tale centered around legendary actress Greta Garbo... Read More

Allen Morris Jones’s "Sweeney on the Rocks" is a quick-witted, dark-humored crime novel whose clever plot twists and morbid sarcasm never let up. Its characters, relationships, and mob-versus-the-law moralities are excavated to an... Read More

Jerome M. O’Connor’s "The Hidden Places of World War II" offers rare views of the most critical moments of the twentieth century. Though much has been written about World War II, this book shows that there’s more to the story that... Read More

James Hawes condenses two millennia into a zippy 256 pages in "The Shortest History of Germany". Breezy yet knowledgeable, the book provides a thorough grounding in the major historical events and religious and regional differences that... Read More

Ben Pastor’s Martin Bora series mixes historical fact with fiction and is told from the perspective of Bora, a World War II German officer and master detective. The Horseman’s Song, the sixth entry in the saga (and a prequel to the... Read More

Heady, challenging, and thought-provoking, the essays in "This Fish Is Fowl" traverse international and cultural boundaries. Author Xu Xi is of Chinese descent and originally hails from Indonesia but has spent her life and career... Read More