A girl competes in an intergalactic cooking contest in Nicolas Wouters’s graphic novel "Magda, Intergalactic Chef". Magda is hesitant about participating in her planet’s cooking tournament but does so to appease her family. Her... Read More

Grounded in values of sustainability and ecological authenticity, "Picture a Garden" is an imaginative and informative introduction to gardening. Linda Hornberg’s delightful gardening handbook "Picture a Garden" is an illustrated guide... Read More

In Nanae Aoyama’s droll novella "A Perfect Day to Be Alone", an indecisive girl cohabitates with a woman who challenges her preconceptions and directionlessness. Twenty-year-old Chizu is ill-employed and hard to impress. She wants to... Read More

In Jim Beane’s thrilling novel "The Deadening", two scarred World War I veterans clash on the home front. Hickman and Redd are damaged after the war, though they handle with their wounds in different ways. Hickman works as an itinerant... Read More

Marguerite Sheffer’s short story anthology "The Man in the Banana Trees" centers on wreckage and restoration. Many of the stories evince interest in the psychology behind science. In “Rickey,” a teacher struggles to regulate a... Read More