This compelling book offers plenty to think about regarding animals, food, and the ethical considerations between the two. Gayane F. Torosyan and Brian M. Lowe’s "Nobody Wants to Eat Them Alive" offers an academic look at the way media... Read More

With its masterful writing and epic scope, it is certain to find its own footing as an enduring work of world literature. Late in the novel "A Spare Life", by Lidija Dimkovska, a character asserts that “every pain is both local and... Read More

Eastern philosophy and romance converge in this novel that reads like a fable. Bhagwati Charan Verma’s novel "The Dancer, Her Lover and the Yogi" braids Eastern philosophy with a whirlwind romance and offers a satisfying if... Read More

An immigrant family finds their way through turbulent times in this sweeping historical drama. Jacqueline Dreager’s "Looking East" draws heavily from real events and people to create a sweeping political family drama. The story is... Read More

An engaging, at times playful, overview of the major art movements through history, all placed in historical context. Martin Kemp, emeritus professor of the history of art at Oxford, as well as an expert on da Vinci, has several... Read More

Werner and Lee present a thoughtful and expansive consideration of love throughout the ages as depicted in various works of literature. Love and Happiness: Eros According to Dante, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and the Reverend Al Green is... Read More

Elements present in the protagonist’s artwork shift the focus of the story to a hallucinogenic trip as he attains enlightenment. A work as conceptual as the protagonist’s art, "Entrevoir", by Chris Katsaropoulous, tells the story of... Read More

Genre-bending, gender-bending, dialect-filled, and fascinating, this steampunk novel handles old West racism with humor and grit. Lou Merriwether is a “psychopomp”—she has the ability to help spirits stuck in the land of the living... Read More