Ru Marshall’s investigative literary biography "American Trickster" illuminates author Carlos Castaneda’s life and the controversy over the truthfulness of his books. Castaneda published a series of popular books from the late 1960s... Read More

Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil, the wife of the infamous French writer Marquis de Sade, is the subject of Margaret Crosland’s illuminating biography Sade’s Wife. De Montreuil’s 1763 betrothal to the marquis was orchestrated by her... Read More

An admiring family memoir, "Maud and Pearl" is about how multiple generations navigated a changing American landscape. Pearl Allen Andree’s engrossing memoir "Maud and Pearl" balances family pride with personal and historical context.... Read More

To the Brink is a revealing historical biography about a Connecticut captain’s seafaring adventures and later legal battles. John and Nancy Lankenau’s edifying biography of Gideon Olmsted, To the Brink, is about how the captain... Read More

Both breathtaking and intimate, Kiliii Yuyan’s powerful photojournalism anthology "Guardians of Life" captures Indigenous-led efforts to reconnect people and the planet through traditional cultural practices. Central is the concept of... Read More

Lauren Johnson’s vibrant biography of Margaret Beaufort ably reveals the mother and grandmother of English kings. “Without Margaret Beaufort, we would have had no Henry VII, no Henry VIII and therefore no Tudor dynasty,” Johnson... Read More

An inspiring historical treatise, Sarah Lonsdale’s "Wildly Different" explores the unconventional lives of five women who defied limiting cultural norms to impact environmental causes. Mina Hubbard went on expedition in northern... Read More

An extended love letter to Mary Shelley, the poems and prose in "Aspiring Child" describe her complex life in depth, heartbreak by heartbreak. The visceral poems collected in Ted Morrisey’s "Aspiring Child" are framed as personal... Read More