Pumas (also known as cougars, mountain lions, and ghost cats) are the least familiar of North and South America’s big cats. Seldom-seen loners, their numbers are growing even as other species diminish. In "Path of the Puma", biologist... Read More

The stories that make up Octavio Solis’s "Retablos" are as taut, riveting, and immersive as the sunrise in a red rock desert. Be forewarned—they’re addictive. Retablos are brightly painted scenes on flattened pieces of metal... Read More

"Madame Victoria" is an imaginative, haunting, and insightful examination of the lives of women. Shortly after the millennium, a skeleton is discovered on the grounds of Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital. It is identified as having... Read More

Aimed at young explorers everywhere, "The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid" avoids the usual facts, figures, and tourist sites in favor of fascinating and offbeat wonders, both natural and manmade.... Read More

In the future of Beth Kander’s "Original Syn", singularity has been achieved, leading to two branches of humanoids: Originals, who are deprived of technological enhancement; and Syns, enhanced humans who are physically ageless and... Read More

In his atmospheric, evocative "The Perfection of Things", Peter Nash uses a small canvas to frame far larger themes. Neurasthenic American professor Adam Rebeira has come to Petrópolis, Brazil, in hopes of finishing a... Read More

In "The Spectral Arctic", Shane McCorristine focuses on early explorations of the Arctic. Citing numerous reports of ghostly presences, uncharacteristically strong belief in omens, and seemingly prophetic dreams, he notes that paranormal... Read More

Without sugarcoating the harshness of ranchers’ lives, "Topping Out" is a broad-canvas memoir about a way of life valued for the freedom, beauty, and independence it provided. Katherine Wonn Harris’s winning memoir, "Topping Out",... Read More