Bleak and unsparing in its stark description of a world without hope, "The City Where We Once Lived" paints the picture of a future racked by climate change and destruction. Those who have stayed in the North End of the book’s unnamed... Read More

Smith describes a very technical field in a way that clearly conveys its high stakes. Robin A Smith’s memoir, "Life with a View", reflects on a career in air traffic control, including concentrations on maintenance, development, and... Read More

Delightfully absurd, imaginative, and fun, W.B.’s adventures will make for great read-aloud fare. "The Splendid Baron Submarine" is a summer adventure story full of unexpected danger and wacky surprises, and is funny from its first... Read More

"A Tribute to My Son" is a prose-poetic exercise in grieving that attempts to explain the unexplainable. Samina Muhammad’s "A Tribute to My Son" is a mother’s plaintive lament, carried across poems and short essays that serve as a... Read More

From fishermen-crowded bars to Inuit heritage, Nancy Lord brings alive her Alaskan setting. The lives of a group of scientists—and one artist—are altered by an oceanography research trip in Nancy Lord’s insightful novel, "pH".... Read More