Michel Leboeuf’s "Lost Songs of Nature" is a thought-provoking study of “acoustic ecology,” or the natural and human-made sounds of the world, that carries warnings about contemporary threats to biodiversity. Organized into five... Read More

Arie Kaplan’s bright, jargon-free volume of global folklore blends anthropology, pop culture, and a pinch of irreverence. Asserting that superstition is a universal language, the book explores themes including birth, death, and romance... Read More

Siblings reunite for a weekend in Linda Dahl’s "Tiny Vices", a wise novel about navigating midlife in which tense relationships and a woman’s self-protectiveness collide. On a spring break trip to Rincón Bay, Mexico, Kathy... Read More

An aloof agricultural scientist balances their personal principles with the requirements of their career, life, and love in Claire Barner’s engaging novel "Moonrising". In the late twenty-first century, famine and drought threaten... Read More

Sensei Julie Seido Nelson’s religious guide and exposé "Practicing Safe Zen" suggests practical ways to maximize the benefits of Zen practice and minimize its risks. While arguing for the benefits of a sincere, devoted Zen practice,... Read More

An unsolved disappearance and Croatia’s independence overlap in Jurica Pavičić’s expansive novel "Red Water". In 1989, Silva disappears near Split, then part of Yugoslavia. A lengthy hunt ensues, continuing decades after the... Read More

An inestimable novel of ideas, Michael Lentz’s monumental book "Schattenfroh" follows the consciousness of a trapped man as he thinks through his existence, his relationship to his father, and centuries of German culture. “One calls... Read More

In K. L. Denman’s engrossing Hi-Lo novel "Trance", a perfectionist teenager loses control. Kira has a tight handle on her life and on her best friend Brigid’s psychic powers. When a horrible accident leaves Brigid’s client dead,... Read More