Certain book genres never quite overcome bum raps—a carryover from bygone days when the book industry was fond of force-feeding readers a certain, stereotyped brand of content, not realizing they were missing a huge alternative reading... Read More
A Taste of the World / Celebrating Global Flavors / Rowena Scherer /
The Collective Book Studio /
Hardcover $29.95 (232pp) /
978-1-68555-172-8 /
Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Rowena Scherer’s family cookbook, A Taste of the... Read More
House of Rougeaux / Jenny Jaeckel /
Raincloud Press /
Hardcover $26.95 (308pp) /
978-1-941203-24-8 / On a Martinique sugar plantation near the end of the eighteenth century, sister and brother Abeje and Adunbi are the first... Read More
For millions of years life has depended on the wonderful gifts that trees provide, but how often does one reflect on the value of trees? Hosta pays homage to this important aspect of nature by highlighting its riches. Colorful mixed... Read More
Economic conditions have changed the traditional workforce and, these days, job seekers can be young, old, or in between. More women make up the workforce than men. Parents and baby boomers alike may be seeking part-time rather than... Read More
In Cambodia, storytelling is a brutal business, rife with violence, starvation, and unrest. The author, who worked with the U.N. Transitional Authority there during the early 1990s, tries to give voice to the people hunted by the Khmer... Read More
This month at Foreword, we are dedicated to convincing everyone that knowledge matters. From addressing conspiracy theories, to impassioned pleas from people on the front lines of fact-finding, we think the power of knowledge and the... Read More
We find ourselves at a time of great political uncertainty, when ideologies once thought distant are again clashing for power. At first glance, so much progress blossomed in the last decade. America saw its first black president.... Read More