Calling the belief that people are fully in charge of their feelings a “dangerous illusion,” David Richo’s "Triggers" is about disarming the words, people, thoughts, and events that are hot-wired to negative responses and turning... Read More

"Eat, Laugh, Talk!" is a comprehensive mealtime guide for parents. Aiming to bring the whole family together for a healthy, home-cooked meal, the text sparks ideas for food and fun. It throws out perfectionism in favor of “ease,... Read More

Ricky Moore’s "Saltbox Seafood Joint Cookbook" is a tasty compilation of recipes and information about traditional North Carolina foodways with helpful guidance for selecting, prepping, and cooking fresh fish and shellfish. Reflecting... Read More

Full of camp and character, Firefly: The Big Damn Cookbook will be a delight to any fan of this cult favorite. Featuring big, beautiful, glossy production stills mingling with appetite-arousing full-page food shots, this cookbook from... Read More

Teetering somewhere between uncanny and debaucherous, Audrée Wilhelmy’s eerie novel "The Body of the Beasts" focuses on a lighthouse-keeping family subsisting at the edge of civilization. In the Borya family, desire is voyeuristic,... 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

"Gillyflower" is an intelligent romance about frustrated encounters. In Diane Wald’s meditative literary novel "Gillyflower", a fan is beguiled with an actor. In 1984, Nora watches an Irish “actor’s actor,” Hugh, perform in a... Read More

Friends work together to help each other out in this Christmas-centered middle grade story. In C. A. Hartnell’s chapter book "Wild Winter", a rambunctious duo solves a mystery and prepares for a holiday pageant. Carol Ann and her best... Read More