Petrini delves into contemporary agriculture problems to assert the importance of producing and consuming food that is good, clean, and fair. Genetically modified foods. Monoculture hybrids. Global warming. Agrarian land reform. Loss of... Read More

An engaging, at times playful, overview of the major art movements through history, all placed in historical context. Martin Kemp, emeritus professor of the history of art at Oxford, as well as an expert on da Vinci, has several... Read More

This novel about a girl awakening as she questions the cult she’s grown up in is full of wisdom and potential. In a paradisaical, hyper-sexualized cult created by Dot (a goddess figure), Wren spends her days hooking up, freewheeling in... Read More

This grisly and bizarre murder mystery is the perfect YA stepping stone to Stephen King. A washed-up detective contacts a movie producer for a meeting. He asks for money and presents the producer not with a script, but with the diary of... Read More

Memory, mental illness, and modern art are central themes in this clever literary puzzle. “There are so many ways to die, and even more ways to imagine it.” Carmiel Banasky’s first novel, "The Suicide of Claire Bishop", questions... Read More

As a literary novel of both suspense and emotion, this flashback-filled murder mystery has broad appeal. "The Last September", by Nina de Gramont, portrays an immediately gripping world of secrets, trauma, and conflicting loyalties.... Read More

Art and the role of the artist in society meet with African politics and exploitation in this meditation on action and consequences. An exploration of the human condition after and amidst tragedy, "Benchere in Wonderland" follows artist... Read More

Evocative, metaphorical prose delivers this story of a writer’s suicidal depression interrupted by a child and the haunting voice of ancient fables. In a single summer day in Sycamore, Iowa (pop. 897), Cole Seatstone, writer, father,... Read More