In "The Resilient Gardener", scientist and author Carol Deppe offers readers an inspiring approach to gardening. For many, gardening is a hobby—a source of solace and an experiment in self-sufficiency. Gardens are designed to offer up... Read More

In Sonya Huber’s memoir, the Holy Grail is health insurance. Yet her lurching, oft-thwarted journey also poses the larger question of how health, and peace of mind about it, cascades across every corner of one’s life. It’s a... Read More

At thirteen, Jacob Marateck left his home in a small Polish village to seek adventure in Warsaw. At twenty-one, he was conscripted into the Russian army just in time for the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, and over the next few years joined... Read More

Tamil Pulp Fiction, Volume II is full of bloodthirsty women, secret vices, and monsters that slip through the human world unnoticed. The anthology showcases the masters of Eastern pulp fiction from India and Singapore, and is a thrilling... Read More

William Kowalski’s "The Way It Works" is a contemporary Horatio Alger tale, featuring a determined young man who succeeds because of his goodness and ingenuity. Walter Davis is biracial, twenty years old, and homeless in New York City.... Read More

In "My Only Sunshine", author Lou Dischler creates an anti-hero’s antihero, Charlie Boone, sets him in a family of criminals, and then sends him on a dark and humorous romp. Dischler stages this coming-of-age story in the Louisiana low... Read More

Paul David Pope’s "The Deeds of My Fathers" could well be subtitled, “How the Pope Family Built Civilization in New York City, saved Italy from Communism, and Made the Mob Sound Respectable.” In this biography, which reads like a... Read More

Addiction is a scary, grown-up topic. People obsessed with drugs, alcohol, or gambling can lose their jobs, their homes, or even their lives—and even for adults, that’s terrifying. In Addiction: The Brain Disease, authors Dale and... Read More