Could you identify a shy fish? How about a bored or shocked or brave one? This sweet book about recognizing emotions on the faces of others (all fish here) will inspire thought and conversation about what it’s like to feel these often... Read More

It seems that every few years, feminism gets a new literary paint job. We’re now in the era of “third wave” feminism, with a strong focus on criticism of gender stereotypes and media portrayals of women. In academic circles, this... Read More

By the age of three months, Alberto Hidalgo-Robert was already the size of a one-year-old child. By seven years, the rotund little boy known affectionately as “El Gordito,” little fat boy, weighed 120 pounds, his dependence on food... Read More

As the first female governor of Vermont, and a lifelong feminist, Madeleine M. Kunin brings a wealth of knowledge and authority to her latest book, "The New Feminist Agenda". Convinced that feminism has not lived up to its potential,... Read More

Sometime around 2 a.m. I finally put down Karen Spears Zacharias’s A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder. Still, sleep would not come. My mind kept returning to the characters and the events, searching for understanding.... Read More

It is not mandatory that a reader be familiar with (let alone a lover of) the works of the late novelist Thomas Wolfe in order to appreciate the new anthology, 27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & Poetry. And... Read More

True tourism is more than souvenir shops and heavily branded bus tours. Bahne’s book blends travel guide and historical record to help visitors and residents alike create a deep appreciation for Boston’s past and present. The... Read More

John Robbins, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution, has been a passionate advocate for a plant-based diet for many years. Heir to the Baskin-Robbins fortune, he chose a different path,... Read More