About the history, fantasies, projections, and outright lies that have formed Western civilization’s concepts of what’s good, true, and beautiful, Bernd Brunner’s panoramic cultural text "Extreme North" shows that the vast, frozen... Read More

Thorough in analyzing the history and psychology of work and exhaustion, Jonathan Malesic’s book suggests ways to revamp a system that burns people out. Malesic quit his tenured university position when he realized that the work no... Read More

“Turn the page, and you may give up your entire life” begins "My Annihilation", Fuminori Nakamura’s jigsaw puzzle of a novel exploring themes of connection and consequence through personal identity and responsibility. In a remote... Read More

In the imaginative, fabulistic novel "Asha of the Air", a woman struggles for freedom and inner peace. This story, equal parts magical adventure and spiritual inquiry, is narrated by a man in a futuristic society who lives in the air... Read More

Musings on the myths of ancient Greece are intertwined with contemplations on climate change and Covid-19 in Peter Fiennes’s travelogue "A Thing of Beauty". As climate change set the world on fire and Covid-19 emerged, Fiennes traveled... Read More

Saundra Henderson Windom brings wisdom to bear in her heartfelt, reflective memoir "Orchestration". Windom was born in Korea during the war—one of the many mixed race children fathered by US soldiers with comfort women. She was also... Read More

In Chris McKinney’s futuristic thriller "Midnight, Water City", a detective uncovers a conspiracy that makes him question his life’s work. Akira, the most brilliant scientist in the world, hired her head of security because of his... Read More

Dean Jobb’s engrossing true crime text, "The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream", concerns the exploits of Thomas Cream, a notorious nineteenth-century killer who poisoned ten people as London perched on the edge of the modern age.... Read More