A headmistress moonlights as an author and meets her match in Sarah M. Eden’s delightful Victorian romance, "The Lady and the Highwayman". The novel pairs savvy Elizabeth with former urchin-cum-writer Fletcher. When Fletcher learns... Read More

Blending personal experiences, letters, and news stories, Sanja Kulenovic’s memoir captures courage and resilience during the danger and displacement of Sarajevo in the 1990s. While honeymooning in Southern California in 1992, Sanja... Read More

Brian Hart Hoffman’s "The Cookie Collection" includes 128 recipes from the popular Bake from Scratch magazine that are focused on the “humble heroes of the bake sale.” Despite cupcakes muscling their way to the top of baking lists,... Read More

What happens in Jerusalem is as much about family as it is about the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Lis Harris’s cultural and political history "In Jerusalem" combines deft analysis with open inquiries in search of the emotional truth... Read More

The varied work of a Japanese manga artist-turned-painter is reproduced in the beautiful full-color book "The Art of Baron Yoshimoto". Yoshimoto’s career in manga began in 1959, and he made a name for himself in that field during the... Read More

Thorpe Moeckel’s essay collection "Down by the Eno, Down by the Haw" captures the beauty of the land near two rivers. The naturalist’s month-by-month account of the year he lived on the watershed of two North Carolina rivers, the Eno... Read More

Bernard L. Herman’s exceptional foodography of Virginia’s eastern shore, "A South You Never Ate", is a blend of “plate, place, and conversation.” The southern tip of the Delmarva peninsula is bordered by the Atlantic on the east... Read More

Sonja Boon’s evocative, informative memoir "What the Oceans Remember" follows her research into her family’s history. Invited to build her family tree, Boon was finally able to address longtime questions about her heritage, identity,... Read More