Electric splashes of color light up this tale about celebrating your innate gifts, rather than indulging in envy. Crow is a happy bird—until a dove’s bright feathers make him self-conscious. The dove, in turn, envies the... Read More

Kate Eckman’s self-help text "The Full Spirit Workout" suggests ways to shed one’s inner baggage. Whether they realize it or not, the book says, many people live lives based on competition and fear, but without getting the results... Read More

In "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House", Nicholas D. Hayes recounts his purchase of a home designed by the famed architect. Located in Shorewood, Wisconsin, the Elizabeth Murphy House is indeed a Wright original, even though Wright... Read More

In Kavita Bedford’s novel "Friends and Dark Shapes", a bereaved woman struggles to determine her place in the world. After her father’s death, a woman moves into a borderline questionable Sydney neighborhood with three housemates.... Read More

In "For the Love of Cod", Eric Dregni goes on a quest to discover why Norway—with its long, dark winters, reserved citizens, and no native word for “happy”—often tops the “Happiest Country in the World” charts. Eager to... Read More

In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel "Winter in Sokcho", a young woman has a fateful encounter with a man who is as lost as she is. Sokcho, a Korean beach resort, has little to offer tourists during the off season. But one tourist comes... Read More

There are many men that Michael Sadowski has never been, and they all fill the pages of this honest recounting of his personal failures—a heartfelt memoir that ends on a note of hope. Schoolboy, athlete, hopeless romantic, family man... Read More

The president of the United States is one of the most visible people on the planet, and photographs of presidents have been an important part of their legacies for generations. Cara A. Finnegan explores the history of presidential... Read More