Elizabeth Camden’s romance "The Spice King" captures intellectual passion and patriotism at the start of the twentieth century. For Kansas-born botanist Annabelle, a position at the Smithsonian is an exhilarating opportunity. Charged... Read More

In the fifteen stories of Toni Kan’s short story collection "Nights of the Creaking Bed", characters in contemporary Nigeria navigate struggles including family situations to government corruption. These short sketches—sometimes... Read More

A hunt for both literal and metaphorical treasures, Sandra A. Miller’s memoir "Trove" is a personal search to answer a lifetime’s worth of deep and difficult questions. Since she was a child, Miller’s eyes have always searched the... Read More

A refugia is a place where organisms can survive because they are protected in some way from the surrounding inhospitable environment; climate change has rendered the earth one such “flaming wreck.” Quietly political, the book’s... Read More

Charlie Gilkey’s "Start Finishing" addresses productivity problems and provides transformative solutions. Most people are busy all day long, yet nothing ever seems to get done and no one seems fulfilled. In "Start Finishing",... Read More

In a magical land filled with rainbows, hearts, and cotton candy-colored mountains, the unicorn is just one of many animals sporting a horn atop their furred or feathered head. Some are happy, some loud or quiet, silly or shy, but only... Read More

Unable to fly south for the winter, a lone redbird seeks shelter in the surrounding woods, but not every tree is a gracious host. In this folk tale, fairy tale, and just-so story all in one, deep pine greens, bright red feathers, and a... Read More

Intertwined with American history, the bison has long been a symbol of the American West. Kurt Repanshek’s "Re-Bisoning the West" traces the development of the prehistoric animal whose existence has been both threatened and protected... Read More