Daniel Pauly may be the most prominent ocean advocate you’ve never heard of. His unusual life and impressive achievements regarding planetary-scale marine topics are recounted by his colleague David Grémillet in The Ocean’s... Read More

Matt Madden uses multiple methods of visual storytelling in the surreal, inventive graphic novel "Ex Libris". A troubled person enters a room that holds a bookshelf stocked with comics and graphic novels. Wondering about the provenance... Read More

The inspirational book "Stone Soup for a Sustainable World" profiles young activists and their practical means of affecting positive change. Marianne Larned’s uplifting "Stone Soup for a Sustainable World" profiles almost a hundred... Read More

The testimonies collected in "Voices of the Border" are powerful as they relay systemic failures to care for those who seek asylum at the US’s southern border. The humanitarian and Catholic Kino Border Initiative of Nogales serves... Read More

"Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit" is a broad Christian work that lists the beliefs and actions that define those who are humble in their faith. John Henry Manigo’s expansive Christian text "Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit" expounds on... Read More

Grace Karskens’s engrossing history "People of the River" illuminates Australia’s distant past. The book opens in deep history, describing the topography and course of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, a waterway that curves like a giant... Read More

In "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House", Nicholas D. Hayes recounts his purchase of a home designed by the famed architect. Located in Shorewood, Wisconsin, the Elizabeth Murphy House is indeed a Wright original, even though Wright... Read More

Exploring hidden aspects of the animal kingdom, this oversized picture book brims with photo-realistic illustrations and descriptions of some of Earth’s most interesting creatures and their unique abilities. Most useful for fostering a... Read More