This book makes parents think about clever questions, some very serious, that might come out of a child’s mouth. Though it takes the form of a picture book for children, Judith Lazar’s Grown-Ups, the World and Me! presents a... Read More

This legal thriller knows its way around a courtroom as it weaves a tale of crime and responsibility. Linda Rocker’s novel "Blame" focuses on a court case in Florida and features a menagerie of characters all connected to one another... Read More

This book is a well-rounded portrait of China’s current environmental crisis and how it stretches far beyond its geographic borders. The rapid industrialization of the world’s most populous nation has far-reaching effects for the... Read More

McMickle uses examples of church leaders in politics to explore the history of the separation of church and state. From the time the federal government first recognized the rights of African Americans to take part in the political... Read More

Schapiro’s analysis puts science to use in everyday life to reinforce the threat of climate change on the global economy. The costs of climate change are often talked about in terms of the loss of human life and environmental... Read More

A typical American family with Cold War secrets brings Chekhovian intrigue to this literary thriller. Uncle Anton’s Atomic Bomb is a book hard to describe, and that’s part of what makes it so interesting. Ian Woollen’s novel tells... Read More

Dark humor accents this exposé on cultural clashes between Chicago’s suburbs and working class in the 1990s. With his first novel, "When Bad Things Happen to Rich People", Ian Morris has created a sharp and clever story about the... Read More

This mix of crime thriller and road-trip story sends three friends on a psychological excursion into everpresent danger. About a quarter of the way in, Leonce Gaiter’s novel "In the Company of Educated Men" takes a significant turn... Read More