Every holiday season, we ask a few of our most prolific, skilled reviewers to reminisce over the scores of books that passed through their hands in the previous twelve months. Do any really stick out? Why? What makes them extraordinary?... Read More

Otherworldly Antarctica / Ice, Rock, and Wind at the Polar Extreme / Edmund Stump / University of Chicago Press / Hardcover $28.00 (176pp) / 978-0-226-82990-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In captivating words,... Read More

As one of the best-selling books of all time, The Little Prince has brought joy to many. The picture book biography of its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, reviewed in the spring 2015 issue of Foreword Reviews will ignite the imaginative... Read More

The trappings of modernity have come with unfortunate side effects. Automobiles, for example, are responsible for much of the greenhouse gas being spewed into the atmosphere—but they sure save us travel time. Technology has weakened... Read More

How to Clean a Fish / And Other Adventures in Portugal / Esmeralda Cabral / University of Alberta Press / Softcover $27.99 (320pp) / 978-1-77212-655-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Covering her extended stay in... Read More

A Recipe for Daphne / Nektaria Anastasiadou / Hoopoe Press / Softcover $16.95 (304pp) / 978-977-416979-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Nektaria Anastasiadou’s Istanbul-set romance A Recipe for Daphne, history and... Read More

As book people with a proper sense of history, we’ve always been fascinated by the literary salons of 17th and 18th century Paris. These social gatherings of intellectuals and haute bourgeoisie were instrumental in fueling the... Read More