In the luminous essays of Priyanka Kumar’s "Conversations with Birds", birds are a portal to reclaiming childhood connections with nature and the lush, wild landscape of northern India’s remote mountains. Torn from her roots by a... Read More

With its stunning illustrations, "Wild Sonoma" will entertain oenophiles and naturalists as they visit Northern California’s wine country. This book is compelling in suggesting that, after you’ve sampled a juicy cabernet or an oaky... Read More

Lars Mytting’s epic, enchanting historical novel "The Reindeer Hunters" ushers a remote Norwegian village into the modern age. In the twenty years since Butangen’s stave church was removed and Astrid Hekne died giving birth to twins,... Read More

Kathryn Harkup’s "Superspy Science" unveils the science and technology behind the gadgets that co-star in James Bond films. James Bond’s exploits have thrilled readers since the 1953 publication of Casino Royale, the first in Ian... Read More

Bishop’s Endgame is a frenetic thriller in which two men confront their mortality while struggling with the loss of a legendary spy. In Michael Frost Beckner’s tense thriller Bishop’s Endgame, the murder of a legendary spy sparks a... Read More

Two men interrogate each other in the tense spy novel Muir’s Gambit, musing over espionage’s moral quandaries and costs. Opening with a succinct, explosive declaration—“Charlie March is dead”—Michael Frost Beckner’s taut... Read More

"The Transition Mindset" is a powerful sports memoir about evolving beyond the game to find one’s higher purpose. National Football League star Andre Hal’s inspiring memoir "The Transition Mindset" focuses on a career decision that... Read More

In Steve Sem-Sandberg’s historical novel "W.", a soldier is sentenced to death for murder during the Napoleonic Wars. Always at the wrong place at the wrong time, Johann Christian Woyzeck struggles to find his place in life. Orphaned... Read More