In "Veganistan", Sally Butcher spotlights Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors through spice-rich, plant-based meals. Butcher and her Persian husband run Persepolis in London, a restaurant where “the Middle East is Allah’s gift... Read More

In her captivating memoir, Suzanne Craig Robertson brings out the nuances of a death row inmate’s story that news reports and court judgments ignored. Robertson’s husband, Alan, was a participant in a church ministry that visited... Read More

Memory, family, and generational trauma guide Marina Jarre’s steps in her Holocaust memoir "Return to Latvia". Jarre was young when her parents separated. She left Latvia and grew up in Italy with her Italian mother; she maintained no... Read More

Beth Moore’s moving memoir "All My Knotted-Up Life" concerns the troubles and triumphs of Christian ministry. This confessional, powerful, and testimonial story of Moore’s life begins in her childhood, treating her hardscrabble roots... Read More

Rebecca Beyer’s fresh, can’t-miss book "Mountain Magic" is a love letter to the traditions, folklore, and people of Appalachia. A mix of a history and an occult guidebook, "Mountain Magic" is intent on dispelling negative stereotypes... Read More

Thomas Cirotteau, Jennifer Kerner, and Éric Pincas’s "Lady Sapiens" is a vibrant history book about how ancient women lived and what they contributed to society. Steeped in interdisciplinary scholarship, "Lady Sapiens" synthesizes... Read More

In her memoir God’s Ex-Girlfriend, Gloria Beth Amodeo is candid about how she was drawn into evangelical Christianity—and about how she came to see it as a “common American cult” involving unhealthy relationship dynamics and... Read More

Knowing the difficulties involved in documenting enslaved people’s lives, Nancy Koester made multiple trips to sites where Sojourner Truth lived and traveled; she also analyzed her dictated letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts in... Read More