The book is in its element when it aligns biblical stories to accepted historical records, particularly when it examines the exodus stories. Gijsbert Sulman’s "Facts, Fiction, and the Bible" is a massive work of biblical inquiry that... Read More

"My Jewish Year" is an invaluable text for understanding how contemporary people work to find personal meaning in inherited traditions. "My Jewish Year" is an amusing, intelligent, and often incandescent approach to modern religious... Read More

The narrative challenges notions of sanity and fidelity, justice and loyalty, with regularity and to fascinating ends. For Grant and Ava, married life is electric—right up until the moment a young girl accuses Grant of sexual assault.... Read More

This is a layered dystopia—feminist, violent, and blunt, it will engross its readerships. There are hints that women in the time before the plague had choices, but Etta of Nowhere—who goes by Eddy when she’s on the road... Read More

In this spirited account of a walk through the Alps, inspiration carries through. “One discovers a whole new level of solitude on the inside of a cloud five thousand miles from home,” writes Jonathan Arlan in "Mountain Lines", an... Read More

Searing and feminist, this dystopia reads with deceptive grace. In a harsh island enclave where the mountain’s mica is necessary for survival, Jena—a young, slight girl charged with leading expeditions into the ever-narrowing cracks... Read More

This is an invaluable historical account, shedding light on the heroism and bravery of the women spies who helped usher the Allied forces toward a victory. Move over, James Bond—these real life stories of secret agents belong to the... Read More

"Sirens" is a dark, urgent, and brutal picture of addiction—but also one that shows that recovery is possible, even if it is a lifelong pursuit. Joshua Mohr’s memoir "Sirens" plumbs the raw wounds and high hopes of addiction and... Read More