Subcultures clash with tragic results in Zülfü Livaneli’s impactful novel "Disquiet". Ibrahim lives and works as a newspaper reporter in Istanbul, a contemporary metropolis where the East mixes with the West. But he is drawn back to... Read More

Dark matter, black holes, dark energy: with all this shadowy terminology in play, it’s no wonder when laypeople find cosmology off-putting, so What’s Eating the Universe? illumines the mysteries of quantum physics in a nonthreatening... Read More

"The Good Widow" is a heartbreaking memoir about love, loss, and a transition into widowhood. "The Good Widow" is Jennifer Katz’s moving memoir about coming to terms with losing the love of her life and learning how to live with grief.... Read More

A heartwrenching and shocking work of historical fiction, Faysal Khartash’s "Roundabout of Death" focuses on the human cost of Syria’s civil war. Set in the coffee shops, apartments, and street corners of Aleppo and Raqqa, the... Read More

Cultural messages about what is “normal” or acceptable stifle variety, induce shame, and keep people from discovering their true identity, Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele argue in Sexuality: A Graphic Guide. Blending narratives... Read More

Intelligent hamsters fight a destructive threat to themselves and their animal friends in the fun graphic novel The Underfoot: Into the Sun. The result of human experiments in genetic modification, the Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries... Read More

"You Are Enough!" is an inspirational text that’s filled with practical advice for working and living with passion and purpose. Charlene Wheeless’s "You Are Enough!" is part memoir, part motivational guide; it draws on Wheeless’s... Read More