The “Cold Rush” is coming, professor Matthew Birkhold heralds, and its quarry is icebergs and the freshwater supplies they could ensure. "Chasing Icebergs", with its affable blend of history and predictions, probes the ins and outs... Read More

In Andrée A. Michaud’s compelling novel "Trembling River", a woman returns to her hometown after thirty years, facing the ghosts of her childhood and exorcising her guilt. Marnie returns to Rivière-aux-Tremble for her father’s... Read More

In the summer of 1978, Mark Abley and his friend Clare embarked on the Hippie Trail, an overland route from Turkey to Nepal that many Westerners took in search of adventure and spiritual enlightenment. "Strange Bewildering Time" is... Read More

A staged relationship blooms into love in Waverly Decker’s lighthearted LGBTQ+ romance novel "The 30-Day Engagement". Emory and Mari broke up eight years ago, so Emory is surprised when Mari, who works as an actress in Hollywood,... Read More

In the fairy tales and poems of Jane Yolen’s "The Scarlet Circus", there are curious permutations of haunting, mesmerizing love stories. Featuring previously published stories alongside new work and personal commentary, this... Read More

In Megan Walker’s wistful Regency romance novel Miss Newbury’s List, a woman is faced with a choice between an aristocratic marriage or unexpected love. Three weeks before her wedding to a duke, Rosalind feels overwhelmed. She’s... Read More

“Mass extinction and social collapse” are “a hard set of lemons to be making lemonade out of,” environmental activist Andrew Boyd admits. "I Want a Better Catastrophe" is his inventive, no-nonsense manual of constructive and... Read More

In Mirza Waheed’s novel "Tell Her Everything", a father prepares to tell his only daughter the truth about his life. Kaiser hasn’t seen his daughter Sara since her mother died and he sent her to boarding school. Now that she is... Read More