In Aurora Ascher’s erotic fantasy novel "Sanctuary of the Shadow", a girl fights for the right to live life as her authentic self. A Water Elemental with the ability to see the future and the sole survivor of the genocide against her... Read More

Sociologist Casey Stockstill’s "False Starts" exposes how racial inequality in the US begins in preschool. Stockstill spent two years observing the daycare provided by two top-ranked preschools in Madison, Wisconsin: a public Head... Read More

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young’s insightful book "Wrong" investigates the political and philosophical reasons why people rely on information that they know is false. While living in Philadelphia, Young struggled to make sense of the green,... Read More

Deirdre Kelly’s cultural history book "Fashioning the Beatles" is insightful in revealing the Fab Four’s influence on fashion and popular culture throughout the 1960s. Tracking the band’s development year by year, the book reveals... Read More

L. L. Kirchner’s snarky memoir "Blissful Thinking" covers her search for validation in all the wrong places. After early-onset menopause prevented her from starting a family, Kirchner and her husband went to Qatar for her work, hoping... 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 Joie Davidow’s harrowing historical novel "Anything but Yes", there are costs to maintaining convictions in the face of oppression. Anna was in the kitchen when the religious police arrested her and brought her to Casa dei... Read More

Gary Scott Smith’s "Do All the Good You Can" scrutinizes the influence of Methodism on the life and work of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Perhaps the most polarizing public figure in modern American history, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a... Read More