Straightforward and exciting, Nancy Love: WASP Pilot is the breezy young adult biography of a little-known home front heroine. Sarah Byrn Rickman’s biography for young readers, "Nancy Love", focuses on a groundbreaking pilot who... Read More

Eighty poets under the influence of Walt share a poem and a comical pose in this winning collection of portraiture and poetry. That the two complement each other so well in coffee-table format is the unexpected delight. On the Rocks I... Read More

Julia O’Malley’s fascinating "The Whale and the Cupcake" emphasizes the respectful, adaptive qualities that make Alaskan cuisine unique. The book, published in partnership with the Anchorage Museum, collects essays that originally... Read More

"Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind" is an intense and dramatic story in which curious children go on a magical adventure and confront powerful moral questions. Eduard Shyfrian’s religious allegory for young readers, "Travels... Read More

Two things have become unambiguous about Russia’s role in the 2016 US presidential election: it carried out a significant attack against the United States; and not enough is being done to prevent a repeat performance. Jake Braun... Read More

Spiritual wanderer, mystic, and ordained minister Gretel Van Wieren’s memoir of her stint as writer-in-residence in Oregon’s Cascades covers her quest to rediscover her connection with the natural world, which is her main source of... Read More

Kendall Vanderslice’s tantalizing "We Will Feast" showcases the power of food in Christian faith communities. Most people have experienced intense bonding over a meal, but why and how does it happen—and can eating occupy a central... Read More