Memory is slippery. Acted on by the present and our wishes for the future, the past changes shape. Like a boomerang, it can turn and slice us to ribbons. Nobody knows that better than Charlotte Harrison, who is drawn into a shocking... Read More

Small fingers will be eager to open and close creatively shaped panels in Chris Embleton-Hall’s sweetly engaging Noah’s Amazing Ark: A Lift the Flap Adventure. Uncover running tigers, pecking parrots, and flying doves as Noah, his... Read More

Lilti’s project illustrates commonalities in human fixations, even across gaps of centuries. The concept of celebrity is not a recent phenomenon, as Antoine Lilti shows in "The Invention of Celebrity", a merry dance through the annals... Read More

This duo is an unusual, important, and skillfully written contribution to Holocaust literature. Deep research, adept reporting, and personal experience make for a gripping read in Maurice Rajsfus’s two-book publication, Operation... Read More

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief, by Joanne Cacciatore, covers the incredibly difficult topic of grief. With the insight that only someone who has experienced deep personal grief can offer, the... Read More

This book is an effective introduction to many aspects of Buddhist thought and practice. In The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature, James William Coleman provides an overview of Buddhist sutras... Read More