The crucial World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf is detailed through the eyes of American sailors and pilots in The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, and within it the Battle of Samar, is not as famous as other... Read More

Thrilling, contemplative, tragic, and inspirational, Hakim’s Odyssey recounts a Syrian man’s difficult journey of survival. Hakim, a young man with a bright future in Syria as the owner of a new apartment and a thriving nursery, has... Read More

Defne Suman’s epic historical novel "The Silence of Scheherazade" chronicles the fall of the Ottoman Empire as experienced by four Turkish families. Dense with rich descriptions and interwoven narrative threads, much like a tapestry... Read More

A psycholinguist and a Czech immigrant to Canada, Julie Sedivy lost her first language, so much so that her “Czech heritage began to feel more and more like a vestigial organ.” She is not alone in this experience: Generation 1.5... Read More

In "Nazis of Copley Square", Charles R. Gallagher takes a searing look at the Christian Front, an American extremist group that weaponized Catholicism. The organization reached its height of popularity just before World War II. Much like... Read More

Daniel Pauly may be the most prominent ocean advocate you’ve never heard of. His unusual life and impressive achievements regarding planetary-scale marine topics are recounted by his colleague David Grémillet in The Ocean’s... Read More

Matt Madden uses multiple methods of visual storytelling in the surreal, inventive graphic novel "Ex Libris". A troubled person enters a room that holds a bookshelf stocked with comics and graphic novels. Wondering about the provenance... Read More

The inspirational book "Stone Soup for a Sustainable World" profiles young activists and their practical means of affecting positive change. Marianne Larned’s uplifting "Stone Soup for a Sustainable World" profiles almost a hundred... Read More