Jackson’s Story is a gentle, insightful story with a valuable lesson for any family considering pet adoption. Elizabeth Baker’s Jackson’s Story is a heartwarming picture book in which a frisky pup experiences kindness, then neglect... Read More

A moving historical novel, "The Pope and the Prostitute" ably captures postwar childhood concerns through its engaging scenes. Susan Fries and Anthony Tullo’s emotional novel "The Pope and the Prostitute" follows two extraordinary... Read More

This will be a rewarding book for anyone looking for a way to engage in less conflict-based, more effective community change. Lawyer and activist Sherri Mitchell was raised on a Penobscot reservation in Maine. She translates years of... Read More

On August 5, 2015, EPA staffers were investigating a portal of Gold King Mine in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado when an excavator set off a gush of water. Within minutes, three million gallons of bright orange,... Read More

Eighty percent of Greenland is covered by ice. That makes it an inhospitable setting, certainly, but it’s “a dream” for scientists, William E. Glassley writes. In "A Wilder Time", an account of the geologist’s research journeys,... Read More

This marvelous manifesto on radical self-love is life altering—required reading for anyone who struggles with body image. “Survival is damn hard,” Sonya Renee Taylor says in the introduction to her marvelous new book, "The Body Is... Read More

Emotional but never sentimental, "All the Castles Burned" contrasts privilege with working-class struggles for a gripping story of human resilience. "All the Castles Burned" by Michael Nye is a coming-of-age story that is as painful as... Read More

There is a wide-eyed sweetness that lurks underneath the hostility of this novel, told in journal style. As with an actual knucklehead, with time and patience, the rewards well exceed the effort. Young, black law student Marcus Hayes... Read More