This moving ode to the legacy of the author’s mother sheds new light on the trials of single parenthood and Alzheimer’s. Coming to terms with her mother Carmen’s death is only part of this beautifully crafted memoir, in which... Read More

A blend of quiet humor and an understanding of human infallibility illuminates the qualities of numerous popes’ reigns. Examining the lives of some of the lesser known and less admired popes, Mike Aquilina demonstrates that even a bad... Read More

Journalism, memoir, and adventure meld together to add clarity and ethos to the story of a Congolese community’s efforts to conserving the bonobo ape. Insightful, important, and at times heartbreaking, this gripping story of one... Read More

Readers share the suburban bounty of wild, healthy, and delicious edibles discovered by a newbie foraging couple. Wendy and Eric Brown, in their quest for a more self-sufficient lifestyle, decided to spend a year incorporating foraged... Read More

Roach’s work will shed new light on the Salem witch trials by showing how the accusers may have truly believed they were bewitched. In her well-researched Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the... Read More

In the language of Mussolini and his compatriots, often rich and absorbing, these documents open a window into world economic history. Economic Fascism: Primary Sources on Mussolini’s Crony Capitalism, edited by Carlo Celli, a... Read More

"The Adventurous Vegetarian" offers a variety of sumptuous, international, meat-free recipes and feasts. Jane Hughes, a vegetarian since her teens, draws from her twenty years of diverse experience, including as editor of The Vegetarian... Read More

A truly good, cozy mystery, if one doesn’t mind death by machete, crafted by a maestro of character, setting, and narrative. Owen Keane, failed seminarian and amateur detective, initially rejects a suggestion from a former teacher,... Read More