In the short stories that make up Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s novel "Reuniting with Strangers", women from the Philippines try to make places for themselves halfway across... Read More

"Shopomania" is Paul Berton’s satirical dive into the history and psychology of modern consumerism. Making the case that people’s innate desire to obtain more land, food,... Read More

Gary J. Smith recalls how he helped to organize a historic hockey tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union in his memoir "Ice War Diplomat". In 1972, with the Cold War... Read More

Julia Zarankin’s memoir is a moving, and often hilarious, account of how she—a type A, perfectionistic, and nature-avoidant novice—became a bona fide “bird nerd,”... Read More

Peter Nowak analyzes the phenomenon of real people dressing in costumes to fight crime and help others in "The Rise of Real-Life Superheroes". Since 1969, when a junior high... Read More

"Forty Fathers" profiles forty Canadian men whose engaging discussions concern the contemporary meaning of fatherhood. To give men an intimate look into the lives of other... Read More

Understanding food as nourishment for mind, body, and soul, Amy Symington’s "The Long Table Cookbook" is a guide to plant-based cooking meant to be enjoyed together.... Read More

A Scottish nanny is shot and dies in the home of her wealthy employers, initiating the scandal that inspired John MacLachlan Gray’s novel "The White Angel". It takes a... Read More

As much a garden book as it is a book to cook from, "The Power of Pulses" is a lively collaboration between seedsman Dan Jason and foodie siblings Hilary Malone and Alison... Read More

These zombies crave bacon, not brains, in a humorous adventure ripe with keen social observations. Adam Lewis Schroeder’s latest, "All-Day Breakfast", latches onto the modern... Read More

The often hidden aspects of the life of a female adolescent are portrayed honestly and sometimes gut-wrenchingly. Mother and daughter Ruth and Audrey find themselves floating... Read More