About pursuing personal wellness and healing from emotional trauma, "Soul Damage, Soul Remedy" is an encouraging self-help book. Mariane E. Weigley’s spiritual self-help book "Soul Damage, Soul Remedy" is about “unraveling” past... Read More

A girl learns to trust others and make friends in Jarett Sitter’s delightful graphic novel "Ready, Cassette, Go!" Melody, a guitar player, has been pushing others away since her mother left. When she and her father move to Cassette... Read More

A practical guide to navigating contemporary technological challenges, "Digital Danger" pairs overviews of how hackers operate with clear enumerations of the steps that individuals can take to safeguard themselves against developing... Read More

A primer on the lived history of the theater through an ever-changing cultural landscape, the historical retrospective "It Happened at the Palace" is comprehensive and edifying. Palace Theatre co-owner Stewart F. Lane’s centennial-plus... Read More

In Alex Potts’s wry graphic novel "Was That Normal?", a man vacillates between social connections and solitude. In his forties, Philip rents a room, works from home, and is desperate to enjoy some social interaction. He’s awkward in... Read More

Brad Timm’s "America Is Wild!" celebrates the diversity of the US—its sheer size; its range of habitats; its range of plant and animal lives—with fun facts and gorgeous illustrations of nature. “From grizzly bears in Alaska to... Read More

In Elizabeth Zaleski’s "The Trouble with Loving Poets and Other Essays on Failure", quirky anecdotes proffer insights on family, relationships, and the self. Across five sections, the collection tackles “the trouble with” a variety... Read More

An aspiring activist has rude awakenings during his efforts to effect change in the revealing coming-of-age novel "Proles". In Barry Bergman’s thoughtful bildungsroman "Proles", an idealistic young man endures industrial labor in 1970s... Read More