"You Are So Much More Than You Think" is a hopeful, heartfelt self-help book that weaves together wisdom from a variety of spiritual teachings and therapeutic techniques. Beverly Creran’s "You Are So Much More Than You Think" is an... Read More

Sean Ford’s haunting graphic novel "Shadow Hills" focuses on a fantastical environment-versus-economics conflict. Sleepy, remote Shadow Hills, with its vast, barren landscapes, doesn’t have much going for it beyond its shale... Read More

In the short stories of Maria Judite de Carvalho’s collection "So Many People, Mariana", people search in vain for contentment and belonging. With all the human beings in the world, it should be impossible to ever feel isolated or... Read More

The members of an Algerian immigrant family cope with their losses but retain their dignity in Faïza Guène’s novel "Discretion". Yamina left Algeria for the first time as a child, during the war with France in the 1950s. Since then,... Read More

Two friends share their dreams and troubles in Chiara Lagani and Mara Cerri’s graphic novel adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s "My Brilliant Friend". Elena and Lila have known each other for decades, so Elena is not surprised when Lila... Read More

In this inspiring tale, Mimi is an aspiring “mousetro” who is abandoned by her brothers. They insist that girls cannot be mousetros. Mimi packs her breadstick baton and sets off; she meets a magical maestro who gifts her with a... Read More

"Agincourt" is an innovative historical reinterpretation of the Battle of Agincourt. In 1415, England and France endured an epic showdown in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War. The battle reverberated through the centuries, helped by... Read More

In A. D. Nauman’s unflinching bildungsroman "Down the Steep", a girl struggles with her morality during the civil rights movement. In 1963 Virginia, Willa wants nothing more than to impress her father. He happens to be an influential... Read More