Jonathan Stevens flavors his sourdough baking book with his unique phrases, wit, and a sprinkle of philosophy, as distinctive as the loaves made in his Northampton, Massachusetts, bakery, the Hungry Ghost. Noting that “bread is the... Read More

A Japanese Canadian girl exercises her newfound courage in Jennifer Maruno’s historical novel "The Go-Between", about an island summer in domestic service. Sumi and her family live in Vancouver’s Little Yokohama during the 1920s. At... Read More

A seventh grader meets monsters while traveling with her family in Lisa Naffziger’s graphic novel "Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks". While on vacation with her family in Texas, Deja is excited to enter the territory of an infamous monster,... Read More

In theologian David Bentley Hart’s erudite short story collection, characters from Greek myths and literature have happenstance encounters with scholars and others. Hinting at both focused, rational ways of understanding the tangible... Read More

"Hedgelands" is Christopher Hart’s entertaining examination of the history, ecology, and value of an essential British landscape feature: the hedgerows that border fields throughout the countryside. In his illuminating book, Hart... Read More