In Elizabeth Fremantle’s historical novel "Disobedient", an artist fights for freedom and restitution. Rome is buzzing. The talent of young painter Artemisia Gentileschi defies all expectations. The quality of her work has already... Read More

"The Night of the Burning Car" is a dark, engrossing, and suspenseful novel; it follows mysteries whose resolutions audiences will crave. Rob Lubitz’s engaging novel "The Night of the Burning Car" is set in a racially charged climate,... Read More

In Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s emotive novel "Glassworks", four generations struggle under the weight of unexpressed feelings, unsaid words, and unmet needs. It starts with a bee. In 1910, heiress Agnes takes a renowned glass artist,... Read More

Despite being known as the home of sushi and ramen, Japan has a long history of vegetable-forward dishes, and Nancy Singleton Hachisu’s Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook is a beautiful celebration of its vegetarian cooking. An American... Read More

A man under an inexplicable “curse” hopes to leave a worthy legacy behind him in Michael Thompson’s novel "How to Be Remembered". For most children, a birthday is a time to celebrate. For Tommy, it’s a time to be forgotten: at... Read More

Otherworldly encounters transform a teenager’s new life in Clyde Boyer’s science fiction novel "Girl Out of Time". Anna’s head has always been up past the stratosphere, but when her parents die, she’s forced to come back down to... Read More

Esther Woolfson’s "Between Light and Storm" contemplates the eons-long interaction between human beings and animals. It questions what the belief that humans are superior to all other living beings has done to bring on the multiple... Read More

In "Wake Up, This Is Joburg", photographer Mark Lewis and writer Tanya Zack document stories about people getting by on the fringes of Johannesburg. These pieces are sometimes sad, sometimes inspiring, and add up to a complicated picture... Read More