Eiren Caffall’s poignant memoir The Mourner’s Bestiary blends searing insights on illness, family, and loss with nuanced observations on threatened coastal ecosystems. A penetrating work that brims with tension, the book covers a... Read More

Combining entertaining scenarios with fascinating facts, "Daydreaming in the Solar System" is a clever, accessible scientific exploration of the planets, moons, comets, and other celestial bodies orbiting the sun. Each chapter begins... Read More

Peter Cavanagh’s "How Birds Fly" is an enlightening examination of the aerodynamics of bird flight. A rare science book that includes dazzling photographs of birds from around the globe, including hummingbirds, songbirds, raptors, and... Read More

Josh L. Davis’s illustrated and informative science text "A Little Queer Natural History" reveals that the natural world is more complex and inclusive than people often assume. The book profiles the sexual behaviors of an array of... Read More

Telmo Pievani’s provocative book "Serendipity" integrates literature, philosophy, and science to explore an idea crucial to scientific discovery. Pievani notes that in the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip,”... 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

Sharon Dilworth’s "To Be Marquette" is an absorbing coming-of-age novel about a woman’s freshman year in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In the 1970s, Molly chooses a college in Marquette to escape the freeways and factories of her... Read More

Jules Acton’s comprehensive and delightful book "Oaklore" covers the science, history, and mythology of Great Britain’s oak trees. Noting that only 13 percent of the United Kingdom is covered by trees, this intriguing book focuses on... Read More