Soviet Jews faced anti-Zionist actions within the USSR; under pressure from human rights campaigns, they were finally offered opportunities for emigration, though leaving was risky. Poignant and suspenseful, Emil Draitser’s "Farewell,... Read More

Built on the premise that today’s world is unhealthy, Pilar Gerasimo’s "The Healthy Deviant" is a self-help corrective. Arguing that society has normalized problems like a lack of sleep, unhealthy eating, overworking, and... Read More

Admit it: moving heavy bags and exhausted bodies through airport hallways, jostled by crowds of other harried, vacant-eyed travelers, is not fun. And these days, even budget travel is expensive and questionable. So why go? The essays in... Read More

"Connect" presents a method of meditation designed to lead to a more intentional, meaningful, and impactful life. Ilchi Lee’s powerful, bold, and inspiring "Connect" declares that the brain’s pineal gland holds the key to resolving... Read More

Precise in the language of everyday, rich in wisdom and maturity, Joyce Sutphen’s newest collection, her eighth, speaks to her comfort with farm life, travel, aging, the distortions of memory. Sutphen is Minnesota’s poet laureate and... Read More

Experience Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker through the eyes of a young girl attending the ballet in this fresh rendition of the beloved classic. Excitement builds as the girl arrives on a snowy evening in her winter best, her crimson... Read More

With nearly two hundred literary entries from young women authors, "This Moment" is partly a celebration of girlhood, partly a guide on writing, and fully inspirational. Part of what makes "This Moment" such a special book is the... Read More

Bob Eckstein selects cartoons whose themes are critics and criticism in the collection Everyone’s a Critic. Eckstein, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and MAD Magazine, has picked a perfect topic: in the... Read More