Aimed at young explorers everywhere, "The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid" avoids the usual facts, figures, and tourist sites in favor of fascinating and offbeat wonders, both natural and manmade.... Read More

Is Merilyn Simonds’s "Refuge" a fictional memoir, a historical novel, or an exploration of the causes and results of seeking refuge? It’s all three, as it turns out, and a mystery besides. Questions hover over ninety-six-year-old... Read More

Enrico Pellegrini gave the 2008 financial crisis time to bake, rise, and cool before blasting it with his incisive and satirical novel "Something Great and Beautiful". After a meet-cute in Italy, Rosso and Chloe take divergent paths.... Read More

"Vic City Express" tackles the migrant crisis in Greece with an unusual perspective. A traveler to Athens endures a racially charged diatribe from a fellow train passenger who decries the influx of foreigners in Vic City, the working... Read More

The continued debates about the science of climate change are spirited, but those on either side are unlikely to see much humor in the exchanges. As it turns out, climate change and the environment can be a laughing matter—at least, at... Read More

An alternative medical practitioner (Brielle Kelly) and two culinary professionals (Cherisse Godwin and Kristy Hsiao) bridge the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine with awareness of the relationship of seasonal changes to health and... Read More

What the world needs is more whimsy. More collage with colored paper, pussy bows, peacock feathers, and sticky tape to keep the whole together. Yes, whimsy—in this case, in a picture book shape, featuring a preening poet playing make... Read More

Liam, one of Kate Inglis’s premature twins, died in her arms shortly after his birth. Multiple medical interventions had been unable to save him; had he survived, it would have been to a life of severe mental and physical disabilities.... Read More