The warm and informative self-help book "Carry On" brims with supportive words for queer and trans people, drawing on scholarship, stories, and advice from activist Nillin Lore and others. The book’s eight chapters cover leaving the... Read More

Kim Danielson’s gracious memoir "Piece by Piece" revisits the stories behind the jewelry lost in a home robbery. Danielson describes coming to terms with the violation of the theft in this work of appreciative reflection. Indeed, the... Read More

Giles Tremlett’s biography of Francisco Franco traces his fast rise through Spain’s military to take lasting totalitarian control of the nation. Focusing on a span from the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 until Franco’s death... Read More

Laws regarding classroom science curricula are examined in Alexander and Harold Gouzoules’s deft history book The Hundred Years’ Trial. The Gouzouleses’ scientific and legal expertise informs this fascinating history, which moves... Read More

Nikki Nash’s frank, funny memoir "Collateral Stardust" is about growing up in an offbeat Los Angeles family. Nash was the sensitive oldest child in an unconventional family in the 1960s. Her father was a show-business trombonist and... Read More

There have always been transgender people, shows Eli Erlick’s dynamic biographical collection "Before Gender", about thirty trans individuals of the past. This riveting, compassionate collection of life stories uses a process of... Read More

Helpful, practical advice fills Janice V. Johnson Dowd’s empathetic book "Rebuilding Relationships in Recovery", an easy-to-read guide written to work alongside twelve-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous. The first three chapters... Read More

Fifty years of progress toward gender equity in sports is highlighted in sports media professor Jane McManus’s smart, persuasive book "The Fast Track". With insights from athletes and advocates, financiers, commentators, and analysts,... Read More