Nathanial Gronewold’s "Anthill Economics" challenges human beings to view the economy as an ecosystem. The economy, the book posits, is humanity’s fundamental ecology; despite the mathematical nature of economics, it’s truly a... Read More

Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim’s "Chemistry for Breakfast" is a delightful, mentally stimulating popular science book. This chemist’s-eye view of daily life brings out curiosity that is both intelligent and childlike. Nguyen-Kim’s love for... Read More

Thomas Aiello’s "The Life and Times of Louis Lomax" is an incisive, engaging study of the out-of-the-box life and outspoken journalism of a man whose character and precedent-setting work mirrored the turbulence and dramatic change of... Read More

In Kaitlyn Greenidge’s powerful coming-of-age novel "Libertie", a freeborn Black girl’s hunger to define her own boundaries carries her across an ocean and back. The darker daughter of a light-skinned, widowed homeopath, Libertie... Read More

Unsparing but sympathetic, and with journalistic details, "At the Edge of the Haight" begins on an ominous note: a young runaway, Maddy, and her rambunctious dog, Root, happen upon a dying man in Golden Gate Park. A stranger threatens to... Read More

In Paraic O’Donnell’s chilling mystery novel, "The House on Vesper Sands", a young student and a sharp-witted detective are swept up by a sinister threat to the working class. Naïve, overeducated divinity student Gideon Bliss rushes... Read More

In Andrea Carter’s wonderful Ireland-set cozy mystery "The Well of Ice", murder comes to town over one memorable Christmas week. Sarah Benedicta O’Keeffe—Ben, for short––has lived in Donegal for only a short time. She serves as... Read More

Kristi Nelson’s "Wake Up Grateful" is a practical, philosophical guide for living a life of deep thankfulness. When Nelson was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 1992, it changed her life. Her book tracks her experiences with cancer... Read More