When crowdfunding websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo first came on the scene, folks were still skeptical about the idea of investing large sums of money in strangers in exchange for bumper stickers and T-shirts. Now, crowdfunding... Read More

With a little courage and receptiveness to the wisdom hidden in dreams, yes, you too can, says Mira Amiras—and all young readers of her allegorical Tali and the Toucan will soon find themselves on their own journey to overcome their... Read More

Like banking and agriculture, the medical industry is big business in the United States, with many tens of billions of dollars (both public and private) going into research, prevention, treatment, lobbying, and the like. But when it... Read More

This week, we’re thrilled to hear from Bill Cosgrave, author of Love Her Madly, a lyrical and moving account of the days before legendary rock band The Doors became a worldwide phenomenon—the days before the shy, quiet Jim Morrison,... Read More

Let’s play a word association game. What’s the first thing you think of when you read: indigenous North American food and cooking? Fry bread, tacos, wild rice … If you’re drawing a blank, don’t beat yourself up. You need to... Read More

Every holiday season, we ask a few of our most prolific, skilled reviewers to reminisce over the scores of books that passed through their hands in the previous twelve months. Do any really stick out? Why? What makes them extraordinary?... Read More

At best, historical fiction helps you experience a time and place with the seeming precision of memory or nostalgia. You may not have actually been there to see the events but the talented novelist offers a close second. In Marines of... Read More

Cracking the cover of Aaron Becker’s Journey trilogy, from Candlewick Press, initiates a plunge into a gorgeous, expansive, and dreamlike world—a world so vivid that words become unnecessary before the grandeur of what’s offered.... Read More