This in-depth look at the government’s treatment of raw food producers and distributors is a rallying cry against all unnecessary regulation. Before the advent of pasteurization in the 1860s, there was no food processing and little... Read More

The actor behind a troupe of outlandish characters in director Tim Burton’s films—Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, Sweeney Todd, the Mad Hatter—and the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise,... Read More

This niche book for history buffs and professional gardeners offers rich insight into how seed catalogs influenced the American obsession with social status. When Martha Stewart wrote about hydrangeas in her magazine, nurseries around... Read More

Four character-driven novellas subtly tie together separate stories of pain and redemption through love. With achingly sympathetic characters, "The Girl from Summer and Other Stories" is a reconciliation of passions, an exploration of... Read More

A coming-of-age novel that elegantly explores the human state of loneliness, "Let It Be" by Chad Gayle is a powerful story with melodic accents from the Beatles’ final album. After moving halfway across Texas in the 1970s to create... Read More

R. Murray Schafer is a brilliantly talented painter, musician, and writer—and he knows it, his ego exposed in this otherwise wonderfully written memoir. "My Life on Earth and Elsewhere" traces his growth as an artist, beginning with... Read More

An introspective, goody-two-shoes growing up in Vermont, and then a self-proclaimed hippy during her college years, Jody Williams was first sparked into political action by a pamphlet stuffed into her hand by a scruffy volunteer on a... Read More

Many astronomers and physicists have labeled the production of images from the Hubble Space Telescope as “pretty pictures … little better than a diversion,” since they “cannot be used as sufficient evidence to make claims about... Read More