Situating its psychological insights within timeless philosophical traditions, "The Life Compass" is a grounded self-help text. Samer Abdo’s practical self-help book "The Life Compass" includes philosophical and practical insights for... Read More

Through its brief portraits of remarkable individuals, "Quiet Valor" issues a compelling argument for rethinking whom society chooses to remember. Larry Nouvel’s illuminating biographical compendium "Quiet Valor" celebrates a selection... Read More

Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s substantial social science text "The Long Heat" examines climate politics in the era of irrevocable temperature overshoot. The book begins by examining the consequences that occur when the 1.5 degrees... Read More

Brian Jones’s stirring essay collection blends memoir, scholarship, and political analysis to argue that Black history is a lens for better seeing the world. In the Midwestern classrooms of his youth, Jones found that Blackness was... Read More

Philosophers Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly’s social science study "Somebody Should Do Something" maps how well-meaning people get stuck between personal virtue and structural inertia when confronting “everything... Read More

Growth is not only possible but the purpose for being, according to "Dialogues from Beyond", a lengthy record of personal interactions with a higher spiritual plane. Frances Gaik’s spiritual memoir "Dialogues from Beyond" addresses... Read More

"The Saundra Gray Affair" is a political thriller about the personal costs of leading a public life. Set in Washington, DC, Daniel Yager’s "The Saundra Gray Affair" is a tense thriller about political scandals and their personal costs.... Read More

Arie Kaplan’s bright, jargon-free volume of global folklore blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence. Asserting that superstition is a universal language, the book explores themes including birth, death, and romance... Read More