A teenage girl encounters huge, mysterious aliens in the engrossing graphic novel "We Called Them Giants". Lori, who is used to being moved between foster families, feels hardened to the world. When she wakes to find that most of the... Read More

A story of a community’s hardiness, willpower, and perseverance, New Iceland and Beyond extols the successes of a generation of Canadian settlers. Robert C. A. Frederickson’s New Iceland and Beyond is a stirring history of an unsung... Read More

A concise but engaged work of scientific inquiry, "Modeling the Universe" reframes contemporary understandings of particle physics. A self-proclaimed “modern Voyage of the Beagle,” R. A. Kirby’s mind-bending science book "Modeling... Read More

In extreme cases, imagination is an affliction, or did we mean addiction? Please stop, says the poet, let’s pause here. But that seems not an option for Courtney Bush: “I would calm down if it weren’t for the risk of dislocating my... Read More

In his graphic novel "Nuking Alaska", Peter Dunlap-Shohl reveals the disturbing history of nuclear weapons in his home state. Recounting near-misses and actual nuclear disasters in Alaska and elsewhere, this book weaves personal accounts... Read More