Marc Hamer’s "Seed to Dust" is a meditative account of a year in the twelve-acre British garden he tended for decades. The seasons turn with comforting regularity, assuaging the ache of aging and bad memories. Hamer’s account of his... Read More

Hong Kong photographer Ted Lau visited North Korea in October 2019, satisfying a long-held desire to see the controlled outlier nation. His colorful photo-essay about the “biggest social experiment of its kind on the planet” reveals... Read More

Jenny Fieri’s The Girl’s Guide to Building a Fort is part field guide, part activity guide for the girl who wants to try everything. The guide covers science, the outdoors, athletics and games, building projects, art, and cooking.... Read More

With a new introduction by John Keene and a new foreword by editor Eugene B. Redmond, the second edition of Henry Dumas’s short story collection "Echo Tree" introduces his work to a new generation. Black culture and manhood take center... Read More

"Black Star" is a fast-moving, twisting futuristic thriller about a woman-versus-woman contest of survival. Harper, a prominent and dedicated scientist, is sent with a crew to a far-off planet, Eleos, to retrieve samples of a flower with... Read More

"Ella McBella in the Dark" is a sensitive picture book that encourages the use of one’s inner resources to confront, and conquer, fear. In Laura Pells’s enchanting picture book "Ella McBella in the Dark", a girl conquers her fears... Read More

"Welfare Cheese to Fine Caviar" is an inspirational memoir that also serves as a self-improvement resource for others. Chemical engineer Thomas Wideman’s motivational memoir "Welfare Cheese to Fine Caviar" focuses on self-improvement... Read More