A group of excitable insects are inspired and astounded by the appearance of a growing flower in "Du Iz Tak?" Written entirely in the playful and amusing language of bugs, it isn’t necessary to speak fluent moth or ladybug to enjoy the... Read More

Smith introduces audiences to a primordial, pristine, and rapidly vanishing world, with a reminder that its future is in our hands. Some people are lucky enough to know from an early age exactly what they want to do with their lives.... Read More

All will come away from this New York City volume with newfound love for the beguiling, legendary, volatile town. Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, is a multidisciplinary ode... Read More

This is a unique, refreshing, and even hopeful look at the interplay between faith and government. Faithonomics: Religion and the Free Market, by Torkel Brekke, makes the argument that the absence of government involvement is best for... Read More

See’s voice is warm but informative—she’s sharing what she knows but not telling women what to do. Pregnancy is a time of joy, wonder, and unsolicited—even coercive—advice. The Field Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating New Territory... Read More

Horror-film buffs will appreciate the irony and impressive knowledge the zombie possesses of pop-culture representations of the living dead through the years. Threats of a zombie apocalypse seem to be around every corner, but what’s... Read More

"We Show What We Have Learned" evinces keen insight into the inner workings of human hearts and minds. Clare Beams takes her characters on a stroll through eerily fantastical landscapes in her short-story collection, "We Show What We... Read More

This affecting, dimensional work centers on the power gained by losing oneself in the mythology of others. Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill: Englishmen, twentieth-century icons, and, in Austrian writer Michael Köhlmeier’s rich... Read More