A family is caught between the land and the sea in Linda Crotta Brennan’s coming-of-age novel The Selkie’s Daughter—a story rich in Celtic lore. Brigit’s father is a fisherman; her selkie mother chose to live her life on land.... Read More

Memorializing the unsung space travelers whom the US first launched into orbit, Dawn Cusick’s charming history book "The Astrochimps" zooms in on peculiar and enlightening moments in the race to put a person on the moon. In the wake of... Read More

Through the social justice-themed essays of "The Jail Is Everywhere", activists work against the expansion and normalization of jails. After decades of massive expansion in the United States’s carceral system, most counties now host at... Read More

"Leap" is a rigorous, compassionate career guide for women who are looking to navigate the particular challenges of complicated contemporary corporate workplaces. Business consultant Jessica Galica’s inspiring book "Leap" is a... Read More

In the revealing novel "The More Beyond", generational clashes over mental illness leave a woman feeling isolated. In Jill Charlotte Thomas’s novel "The More Beyond", upper-class society is lonely for a woman with mental health... Read More

Philosopher Philip Goff’s new book "Why?" makes a succinct, ambitious case for a new, secular view of cosmic purpose. "Why?" opens with an ancient question: “What’s the point of living?” It then considers the vacuity of most... Read More

Joe Baumann’s "Where Can I Take You When There’s Nowhere To Go" collects surrealist short stories with grotesque physical manifestations of people’s emotional lives at their centers. Predicated on extended metaphors, their effects... Read More

Vincent Stanley and Yvon Chouinard’s book "The Future of the Responsible Company" reflects on the first fifty years of the outdoor retailer Patagonia. Co-written by the company’s founder, the book looks at the purpose-driven... Read More