This tough yet valuable memoir reveals a woman who overcame a harsh upbringing; learning to love herself becomes an act of courage. At once an origin story and a journey into academia, "An Uncut Diamond" traverses history with arresting... Read More

The “History in 50” series collects linked essays on particular topics; the previous volume was about disasters. In "A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes", former children’s librarian Gale Eaton examines history’s hoaxes and asks... Read More

"A Child of Books" is a gorgeous book about creativity, imagination, and a love of books. The first-person narrative describes the joy and the adventure of stories. In simple pen-and-ink drawings, two children roam through a landscape of... Read More

Chirri and Chirra introduces the world to two young girls and the adventures they take on their bicycles. Translated from Japanese, the book is innocent and charming and whimsical. As the girls travel through the lushly illustrated... Read More

As a physician, Robert Alan McNutt comes from a position of knowledge and power, but he knows that the key to true health is to share knowledge rather than hoard it, to offer power rather than cling to it. For many patients, when a... Read More

If climate change has you down and you’re traumatized by the thought of another critical species being lost to extinction, here’s something to think about: all your heartfelt empathy doesn’t do diddly-squat to help the planet.... Read More

"The Seed Apple" is written with a delightful mix of modernity, ancient history, and lore. Sheldon Greene’s "The Seed Apple" is the multicontinental story of a family whose improbable history crosses barriers of time and religion.... Read More

Somewhere between feelings of latent crisis and ennui, Maribeth Klein has a heart attack. Only she doesn’t realize that it is a heart attack—not until the emergency room attendants roll her into surgery and away from any sense that... Read More