Rupert’s Snowman is a captivating picture book in which a boy develops a creative solution to a snowman’s loneliness. In Phillipa Warden’s charming picture book Rupert’s Snowman, a young boy and his mother build the best snowman... Read More

"The Rain May Pass" is the evocative coming-of-age memoir of a young man in the 1940s. Alan Shayne’s memoir "The Rain May Pass" is about coming of age, and falling in love with a man twice his age, during World War II. The book begins... Read More

"The Black Orchestra" is an intricate WWII espionage novel in which a priest confronts questions about moral duty versus allegiance. R. J. Linteau’s World War II novel "The Black Orchestra" is a fascinating alternative history about... Read More

Nathan Pettijohn’s record of an adventure in an RV celebrates open spaces through its easygoing narration. Nathan Pettijohn’s forthright travel narrative "Travels with Hafa" gathers linked, chronological sketches and essays about... Read More

In Susanna Clarke’s wondrous and moving novel "Piranesi", a gentle man finds the tranquility of his vast but bounded world challenged by visitors from the outside. Piranesi lives in a house whose halls seem endless. He’s been close... Read More

Michele Weldon’s diverting essays concern womanhood and are written from the vantage of her sixties. From childhood forward, Weldon discusses her career, friendships, and feelings of invisibility. A cancer survivor, she threads regrets... Read More

Peter Nowak analyzes the phenomenon of real people dressing in costumes to fight crime and help others in "The Rise of Real-Life Superheroes". Since 1969, when a junior high school science teacher fought corporate pollution as “The... Read More

That climbing Mount Everest is a risky and dangerous endeavor is well known, but never has that been more true than it was in April of 2015, when a massive earthquake struck Nepal, resulting in the deadliest day so far on the mountain.... Read More