Brimming with life lessons, Let’s Be Frank is the informative memoir of an entertainment executive. Frank Biondi, a former CEO of HBO, Viacom, and Universal Studios, was a prominent figure in shaping the modern entertainment industry,... Read More

Amy-Jane Beer’s memoir "The Flow" is about the drowning of a friend and how it almost destroyed her love for rivers. In 2012, Beer’s friend group set out on a New Year’s Day kayaking trip. One friend, Kate, never came home. For... Read More

With its stunning illustrations, "Wild Sonoma" will entertain oenophiles and naturalists as they visit Northern California’s wine country. This book is compelling in suggesting that, after you’ve sampled a juicy cabernet or an oaky... Read More

"Lady Garland Tames Her Dragons and Brings Peace to the Kingdom" is a memoir about the substantial challenges that got in the way of a woman’s dreams. Professor Jane Garland’s unconventional memoir peels back layers of privilege to... Read More

"Cemetery Reflections" is eloquent as it meditates on the evolution of death, grief, and memorialization in the United States. Jane Hopkins’s "Cemetery Reflections" pairs graveyard photographs with poems and reminiscences about death... Read More

Surrounded by wisps of seaweed and schools of glimmering fish rests Giant Island: a collection of craggy rocks on which a small copse of trees grows. As Grandpa casts his line, the children take to exploring, discovering the... Read More

Based in truth, the powerful novel "No Stopping Us Now" is about the fight for gender equality in sports just after the passage of Title IX. In 1974, all Louisa wants to do is to play basketball. But her Portland, Oregon, high school is... Read More

The Bee & The Fly is an absorbing epistolary novel in which two of the nineteenth century’s most beloved women writers exchange their concerns about writing and contemporaneous issues. Framed as an attic discovery, these winsome... Read More