Iselin’s eye for intricately textured photography elevates this book from interesting to captivating. It tickles and entangles the feet of swimmers. It clogs up boat motors. It snarls and weighs down fishing lines. Most people think of... Read More

This is a well-tended and weed-free guidebook that’s likely to serve as a go-to resource for any type of gardener. One of the most challenging parts of gardening isn’t digging into the soil or dealing with pests—it’s planning... Read More

Rowan offers an entertaining documentation of the Cubs’ influence on American history. At a key moment in It’s a Wonderful Life, the angel Clarence tells a despondent George Bailey how each life touches so many others. That seems to... Read More

Lambert delves deeply into the history of linguistics with this book, the captivating result of thorough research. The most fascinating part of ancient history is not the storied wars of conquest, but the remarkable development of the... Read More

Historians trace Lincoln’s religious development with thorough but objective detail. University of New Mexico historians Margaret and Ferenc Szasz present an academically-centered study of the religious influences that shaped Abraham... Read More

Plate does a thorough job connecting objects, senses, and faiths in every chapter. The religious world is full of sacred objects and rituals. How and why do we give special significance to certain things? Why is the smoke from a campfire... Read More

This unique coming-of-age fable blends the philosophical and metaphysical in a search for truth. Few have pulled off writing a book that seeks to be both fiction and nonfiction, and even The Alchemist gets placed in the pseudo-spiritual... Read More

Rarely are theological works so lucidly constructed and gorgeously formed. "Ask the Beasts", a new theological effort from Fordham professor Elizabeth A. Johnson, pursues questions of humanity’s interdependence with and divinely... Read More