Canadian architect Teresa Coady is renowned worldwide for her firm’s high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. In "Rebuilding Earth", she discusses myriad ways to reform the Industrial Age construction industry, which now crashes... Read More

In "Confessions of a Gay Priest", Tom Rastrelli turns the hushed internal workings of Catholic priesthood inside out. Rastrelli joined the priesthood amid its national sex abuse scandals and despite abuses that he himself survived. In... Read More

Jean-Michel Fortier’s "The Electric Baths" sets its compressed intrigue in a village where everyone seems to know everyone else’s business. Though the novel is brief, its characters are complex, replete with quirks, anxieties, hope,... Read More

Six years ago, John Wang and Storm Garner pooled their talents to start the terrifically popular Queens Night Market. The venue brings together food vendors from diverse culinary traditions on summer Saturday nights. "The World Eats... Read More

Tales from Bombast’s Bookshelf is a lovely children’s storybook whose morals are delivered as seamless components of its entertaining tales. Fairy tales full of woodland creatures and thoughtful lessons are contained in Steve Michael... Read More

"The Meaning of Life" is an ambitious self-help work about achieving personal satisfaction. Nathanael Garrett Novosel’s philosophical and scientific treatise, "The Meaning of Life", suggests means of finding greater fulfillment. The... Read More

If, by chance, your mother lets slip that you were born with a twin that was promptly tossed out the window, thank her—then set off to find that sibling. Rumor has it that they alone know the secret of your life’s purpose. And be... Read More

In Yamile Saied Méndez’s "On These Magic Shores", a middle school girl takes care of her younger sisters after their mother disappears. Minnie’s mother is overwhelmed and overworked. Minnie tries to help by watching her siblings,... Read More