Rebekah Iliff’s "Champagne for One" turns myths about solitude on their head. A lighthearted miscellany of stories, poems, and satire, it paints aloneness as something to be prized, rather than pitied. Iliff sets out to banish the... Read More

William Blake’s poetic directive to “see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower” encapsulates the message of Kimberly Ridley’s "Wild Design". Here, the natural structures of mineral crystals, bird nests,... Read More

Annabel Karmel is a celebrated food authority in Great Britain, known for her emphasis on nutrition and cooking for babies and children. This is her forty-seventh book, full of recipes and tips for youngsters to help them navigate the... Read More

Antoine Volodine’s superb post-exotic novel "Solo Viola" imagines a society that’s one step removed from reality. With a narrative spiced up by absurdity and a dead serious message, this is a brisk, engrossing, and phantasmagorical... Read More

The true crime graphic novel "Maids" concerns a pair of horrific murders in 1930s France. As Lea arrives to join her older sister, Christine, at the Lancelin home where both are employed, the similarity between a detached eyeball and the... Read More

Moving and suspenseful, "The Photographer of Mauthausen" is a based-in-truth story of survival in a Nazi concentration camp. Francisco, a Spanish photographer, is imprisoned by the Nazis because of his communist beliefs. So are many of... Read More

Not just one of the most renowned women artists, Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most iconic American artists. Her challenges and sustained dedication in achieving this status were great. This new collection of photographs and essays... Read More

National Geographic explorer and astrophysicist Munazza Alam shares her knowledge of all things outer space in this exciting, high-energy addition to the Absolute Expert series. Bursting with brilliant photographs, its bright pages of... Read More