Chen Daiyu’s "Goldwork Embroidery Chinese Style" explores the history of the elaborate craft and illustrates how to produce objects in a similar style with modern materials. Chinese goldwork embroidery includes padding, wherein a... Read More

Research has found that cannabinoids, the substances found in cannabis plants that make a body feel good, may be helpful in treating certain health problems, too. And since the human body has its own built-in system to process the... Read More

Thorough in analyzing the history and psychology of work and exhaustion, Jonathan Malesic’s book suggests ways to revamp a system that burns people out. Malesic quit his tenured university position when he realized that the work no... Read More

Alice Carbone Tench’s cookbook "Eating Again" couples delicious flavors with a deep sense of person and place. Tench began to cook as a means of recovering from eating disorders and her loss of identity as wife and mother. This book... Read More

A goth librarian falls for a handsome married chef in Cassondra Windwalker’s novel of obsessions, "Hold My Place". Snarky, dark Sigrun is secure in her identity. She loves her career, horror movies, and choosing materials for her... Read More

Eldercare, mourning, and the heartening anchor that comes from retelling personal stories infuse Caitlin Hamilton Summie’s "Geographies of the Heart", a tender novel-in-stories about a multigenerational Minnesotan family. A recent... Read More

Workers living regimented lives begin to question the truth of their existence in Grégoire Courtois’s excellent science fiction novel "The Agents". In the far future, work is the only thing worth living for. People spend their entire... Read More

Laurie Ellis-Young’s "Breath Is Life" is about transformation, from the inside out. Breathe. Your body, your relationships, and your life will change. It’s that simple. That’s the message of Ellis-Young’s book—a compelling... Read More