A forensic reconstruction of the life of North Korea’s founding dictator, Kim Il-sung, Fyodor Tertitskiy’s "Accidental Tyrant" covers the regime that has dominated North Korea for seventy-nine years. A man of many names, the... Read More

The skillful poems of Songs from Fern’s Pond explore loss, family, and the power of human will. Sheryl Pothier Harmer’s Songs from Fern’s Pond is a stirring poetic tribute to her mother, who staked out a solitary, hardscrabble... Read More

Lida Maxwell’s enthusiastic academic study reappraises scientist Rachel Carson’s motivations in light of ecological crisis and queer studies. Although Carson grew up in Pennsylvania, her affinity for the ocean became paramount. On... Read More

A beautiful love letter to the power of reading, Katherine Paterson’s biography of Jella Lepman covers how she built a massive literary collection for the children of post–World War II Germany. Lepman endured the death of her World... Read More

Randall Fuller’s history book "Bright Circle" reveals the often-overlooked women at the heart of Transcendentalism. Focusing on the lives and works of a handful of extraordinary minds—Mary Moody Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody,... Read More

This inspiring picture book biography of environmental activist Rachel Carson will stir the inner conservationist in all readers. Born on a family farm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rachel grows up close to nature. When her dream of... Read More

A woman praises God for the good in her life despite the challenges she’s faced in the testimonial memoir God’s Sustaining Hand. A brief, earnest testimonial pamphlet, Reverend Diane Rodriguez-Burton’s God’s Sustaining Hand... Read More