In Cécile Desprairies’s disquieting historical novel "The Propagandist", a woman reflects on her mother’s experiences as a World War II collaborator. Coline, Lucie’s youngest daughter, contrasts her mother’s duplicitous past... Read More

Micki Janae’s novel "Of Blood and Lightning" sizzles with excitement as a diverse group of high schoolers are swept into a world of myths. Seventeen-year-old Ophelia is a recent orphan following the death of her father. She moves to... Read More

US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern’s insightful environmental history "Landing the Paris Climate Agreement" covers how the groundbreaking global pact came to be, explains its significance, and outlines the next steps.... Read More

Featuring two hundred magnificent photographs, Ian Wilson-Navarro’s "Dry Tortugas" reveals a marine sanctuary at the edge of the Florida Keys. Wilson-Navarro has a lifelong attachment to the seven remote islands and coral reefs of the... Read More

Young lovers run up against the limits of their abilities to control their own destinies in Johannes Anyuru’s melancholy novel "Ixelles". Ruth should know a lie when she hears one: she lies for a living, helping brands and politicians... Read More

Scholar Jordan D. Rosenblum’s fascinating text "Forbidden" is a history of how the pig became the litmus test for Jewish identity. In accordance with biblical dietary laws, the pig is only one non-kosher animal out of many. Still, it... Read More

The first tome in an epic series set to cover the span of human history, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s riveting novel "Paradises Lost" introduces an immortal who’s grown weary of human foibles, but who still recognizes the wondrous... Read More