Environmentalism and feminism are two passions igniting this rich biographical study of American women in science. In "Rachel Carson and Her Sisters", Robert K. Musil uses the life and writings of Rachel Carson, particularly Silent... Read More

Collectively, these essays work to reignite love for the nation’s wilds while also reminding readers of their awesome and terrible power. "Outdoors in the Southwest", a collection of essays and interviews from historian and professor... Read More

This book answers both typical and exotic questions about nature in a plain and non-condescending manner. "The Three-Minute Outdoorsman" is a series of interesting, loosely organized, and easily readable vignettes about animals in the... Read More

Bromwich delivers a probing and incisive collection of essays about culture, politics, imagination, and the war on terror. In the preface to his new collection of essays, David Bromwich states that "Moral Imagination" is “about works... Read More

Pastor’s portrait of Nazi-occupied Rome is nuanced and colored with unique characters and their fascinating circumstances. In the third book of the Martin Bora series, Ben Pastor’s "A Dark Song of Blood" follows Wehrmacht Captain... Read More

While "Mabel and Me" is a love story, it is also a tragedy, tracing comedic actress Mabel Normand’s career through the eyes of a young man. In his imaginative, highly readable novel, Jon Boorstin winds the reel back to days when... Read More

Cynical stories put a fresh twist on the Aesop fable tradition. The enjoyable "Otherwise Fables" collects three works by Oscar Mandel. It combines forty-six short fables collectively named “The Gobble-Up Stories,” along with two... Read More

It’s perhaps a bit disingenuous for Angela Pelster to declare that her marvelous collection of essays is not a memoir. She might argue that nature is the principle subject, with an emphasis on trees; trees communicating with one... Read More