“Each and every extinction has its own story,” writes Thom van Dooren in his attentive, elegiac book "A World in a Shell", which regards Hawai’i’s lost and endangered snail species as instructive microcosms of biodiversity loss.... Read More

"The Key to Circus-Mom Highway" is a zany novel in which two adoptees rediscover their family roots. In Allyson Rice’s feverish, entertaining novel "The Key to Circus-Mom Highway", siblings go on a road trip in search of their... Read More

Judith Ragir dismantles collective and individual traumas in her memoir "Untangling Karma". Marrying secular and sacred life, Ragir reflects on her roles as a mother, a Buddhist priest, a repudiated Jewish woman, and a trauma survivor.... Read More

"Ivy Lodge" is a resonant memoir that looks beyond the “opulent facade” of a mid-century family’s stately home. Built in the 1800s, Linda Murphy Marshall’s childhood home bore the distinguished name “Ivy Lodge.” In 1960,... Read More

"Chimera Conflict" is a provocative thriller in which a doctor undergoes an intriguing surgery following a devastating accident. In Robert Wilson Morgan’s speculative novel "Chimera Conflict", a doctor’s brain is transplanted into a... Read More

"Enough" is a startling memoir about surviving assault and grappling with mental illness. "Enough", a transnational memoir, recounts Amelia Zachry’s trauma and healing with courage and candor. Zachry was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,... Read More

"Casting Onward" is Steve Ramirez’s insightful, entertaining account of his fly fishing trips to scenic waterways across the US. It includes advice from expert anglers and an impassioned plea for conservation. After he left behind a... Read More

“Every disease has its own narrative,” psychiatrist Anne Skomorowsky writes in this lucid, comprehensive history of Fragile X, a genetic mutation that causes a range of physical and behavioral problems. Introducing affected families... Read More