An expansive novel with a varied cast, "Fox Creek" is about plantation life in the South. In M. E. Torrey’s riveting historical novel "Fox Creek", Black and white people on a plantation experience and enact racial prejudice and... Read More

Active and introspective by turns, "108" is a philosophical thriller that conveys the necessity of a constant pattern of give-and-take with nature. Science, the politics of environmental justice, and the supernatural collide in Dheepa R.... Read More

An intelligent hero pursues his wife’s killer across an empire in the action-packed science fiction novel "First Elite". In Emmanuel M Arriaga’s thrilling science fiction novel "First Elite", galactic soldiers struggle between duty... Read More

Amnesia and the complications of rebuilding a marriage inspire Anjet Daanje’s pensive historical novel "The Remembered Soldier", in which a Belgian veteran of the Great War grapples with fragile versions of the truth. After years... Read More

The difficult yet enriching world of environmental activism is dissected in the essays and how-tos in "Tools to Save Our Home Planet". Organized in the style of a guidebook, the book pulls together some of the most consequential voices... Read More

Shelley Fisher Fishkin’s "Jim" is an encyclopedic work of literary criticism that celebrates Mark Twain’s classic. "Jim" contends that readings of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as racist have missed Twain’s use of irony to... Read More

A fascinating history of the nineteenth-century frenzy surrounding an exotic flower, "The Lost Orchid" is about Victorian imperialism, ecological devastation, and climate change. The “Queen of the Orchids” is rare and beautiful, with... Read More

"One of the Few" is a reflective and revealing pilot’s memoir about combat missions during the Vietnam War. Fighter pilot Robert Graham’s military memoir "One of the Few" recounts his service in Vietnam. After enlisting when he was... Read More