Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña illuminate the career of a noted photographer in their biographical graphic novel Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. Published by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, "Photographic" might... Read More

Masatsugu Ono’s "Lion Cross Point" is an atmospheric, melancholy tale about memory and absence. Ten-year-old Takeru arrives at his mother’s childhood village by the sea. Under the care of a relative, Mitsuko, he settles into a... Read More

Sea otters are impossibly adorable furballs, whose pup-parenting, shell-cracking antics make them ecotourism and aquarium superstars. Todd McLeish’s "Return of the Sea Otter" gives a more rounded portrait of these apex predators (males... Read More

"Tales from an Uncertain World" by geologist and science educator L. S. Gardiner details various natural disasters, laced through with scientific explanations, elements of a memoir, and artful prose. It thoughtfully, sometimes... Read More

Jennifer Clair distills years of teaching cooking classes into a useful manual for becoming a more rounded home cook. Each technique receives one chapter, with numerous recipes and illustrative photographs as helpful aids. What makes... Read More

Jan Yoors achieved international fame as a tapestry artist in the bohemian New York scene of the 1960s, but that barely qualifies among the most interesting parts of his life. In "Hidden Tapestry", Debra Dean dives into the artist’s... Read More

The Rocket Girl’s Tale is an appealing story of love, intrigue, and shooting for the stars. K. Hippolite’s The Rocket Girl’s Tale is an intriguing work of science fiction led by a heroine who knows her values, though she doesn’t... Read More

Because the universe is big and all but incomprehensible, the average Jills and Joes don’t dare ask too many existential questions. It is left to poets to face the truth in those places the rest of us fear to tread. The author of... Read More