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

Set in the 1960s and 1970s in a city where World War II still reverberates, Robert Seethaler’s tender novel "The Café with No Name" is about a Viennese restaurateur’s interactions with his acquaintances and customers. Robert,... Read More

In Michelle de Kretser’s novel Theory & Practice, a Sri Lankan graduate student completes her thesis while embroiled in a love affair. In 1986, a woman takes rooms in Melbourne to research her thesis on Virginia Woolf. She wrestles... Read More

Using humor as an educational tool, Duncan Watson’s charming memoir Everyone’s Trash reveals recycling secrets and stories about detritus. After earning a master’s degree in resource management in the early 1990s, Watson started a... Read More

Sally Symes’s colorful, child-friendly reference text "First Big Book of How" compiles dozens of scientific questions on topics ranging from human memory to space telescopes and dinosaur extinction. The questions are siphoned into six... Read More

Jessica Friedmann’s essay collection "Twenty-Two Impressions" sheds novel light on the potential of the tarot to guide how people move through and experience life. The text opens with an in-depth exploration of the history of the... Read More