In the luminous essays of Priyanka Kumar’s "Conversations with Birds", birds are a portal to reclaiming childhood connections with nature and the lush, wild landscape of northern India’s remote mountains. Torn from her roots by a... Read More

"Together We Decide" is an insightful social science book that balances practical and ideological advice for successful group decision-making. Arguing that achieving consensus, while difficult, is the most effective method of making... Read More

"The Panacea Project" is an enthralling medical thriller that lays bare the battle between greed and sacrifice in the struggle to eradicate cancer. Catherine Devore Johnson’s medical thriller "The Panacea Project" depicts what a cure... Read More

Erica McKeen’s "Tear" is a hair-raising horror novel in which patriarchal dismissals of capable women fester across generations. During the long winter of her senior year of college, in the lone basement room of a nondescript rental... Read More

At the end of the Cold War, a television producer, Natasha Lance Rogoff, took on the challenge of creating Ulitsa Sezam, a Russian version of Sesame Street. In "Muppets in Moscow", she chronicles the challenges of that endeavor, from... Read More

J. L. Delozier’s eerie mystery novel "The Photo Thief" involves a detective, a murderer, and a teenage girl with unusual gifts. Dan just lost his daughter to cancer; he’s still reeling when he’s asked to investigate a socialite’s... Read More

"Wildcrafted Vinegars" completes Pascal Baudar’s trilogy of primers on crafting fermented foods and beverages. With over 100 recipes, inviting photographs, and detailed information about sourcing and creating vinegars from foraged... Read More

In Vigdis Hjorth’s novel "Is Mother Dead", a woman takes drastic action to figure out where her relationship with her family went wrong. After thirty years, Johanna is finally back in Oslo, the city where she grew up. In all that time,... Read More