C. S. Lewis’s wardrobe gets a twenty-first-century makeover in this witty and inventive tale. People using closets to gain access to other worlds is a trope at least as old as C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.... Read More

These graceful essays reflecting on those who own the night shed light on the beauty we find in darkness. Respected writer Phil Cousineau draws on decades of reading and writing in this far-ranging compilation of essays and poems about... Read More

Francis Spufford is a British writer with highly eccentric interests. In I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination, he produced a cultural history of ice, Eskimos, and polar exploration. His previous book, Backroom Boys: The... Read More

Most movies and books that feature aliens depict them as evil creatures that either want to destroy humans or take over Earth. "Islands Across the Universe" provides a fresh perspective on space aliens. The creatures here are benevolent... Read More

Construction workers and project managers in the United States may think they have it rough sometimes, but compared to their counterparts in Egypt, their jobs are a walk in the park. For Americans, doing any kind of business in most of... Read More

“Faust the notorious reprobate who willingly forfeited his immortal soul to the devil in exchange for the fleeting illusory pleasures of the world as depicted and recounted in famous works of art literature drama and music did not... Read More