Chatelain has done an outstanding job of identifying childhood experiences for Chicago’s young black girls. The Great Migration (1910-70) saw six million African Americans leave the Jim Crow South for cities in the northern and western... Read More

Without further ado, can we finally set aside the excuses and get to work on a serious plan to reverse the damage caused by carbon emissions, deforestation, overpopulation, water misuse, etc.? How else to do so but to create an ethical... Read More

Laced with potent dark humor, this entertaining yet often disturbing novel crosses the fine line drawn between satire and realism. Fine cuisine and morbid excess create an exquisite word parfait in this sardonic look at the competitive... Read More

Phan-Lê’s intimate narrative and exploration of humankind’s vanishing cultures will intrigue and inform a wide readership. In Talking Story: One Woman’s Quest to Preserve Ancient Spiritual and Healing Traditions, a companion to... Read More

This informative analysis of natural exercises uses apt analogies to demonstrate how best to build strength. Exercise is not good for us; movement is, posits biomechanist Katy Bowman in this intriguing look at effective physical fitness.... Read More

Cain’s tenacity and the completeness of her transformation show the depth of her faith, in this inspiring memoir. In "Healing Neen", Tonier Cain uses her life story to show the cycle of trauma and the path to healing through faith in... Read More

Through both a love story and an exotic adventure in Thailand, Silver ramps up the suspense and keeps it high until the very last page. Anyone who wishes swashbuckling and seafaring romances weren’t confined to the days of yore will... Read More

This well-crafted, lively book on relationships written by an advice columnist encourages optimism. Neil Rosenthal, a marriage and family therapist who writes a weekly newspaper column on relationships, has reused some material and... Read More