Eloquent, nuanced, and containing wry and poignant humor, the short story collection "Heart-work" illuminates Northeastern lives across the decades. About intimacy and interconnection, Roberta Silman’s short story collection... Read More

About the pursuit of an authentic, joyful life, the memoir "Uncaged" is a source of inspiration. Katia Vlachos’s memoir "Uncaged" is about overcoming people-pleasing, leaving a toxic marriage, and loving oneself. Vlachos was raised by... Read More

Tim Z. Hernandez’s "They Call You Back" expands upon his prior documentary novel All They Will Call You, about the deaths of twenty-eight Mexican nationals in a California plane crash. In January of 1948, a plane carrying Mexican... Read More

While some bars in Chicago have served Jeppson’s Malört for nearly a century, in the past two decades, the bitter, wormwood-derived botanical spirit found new life as both a niche favorite and an ironic countercultural drink. That... Read More

Scholar Jordan D. Rosenblum’s fascinating text "Forbidden" is a history of how the pig became the litmus test for Jewish identity. In accordance with biblical dietary laws, the pig is only one non-kosher animal out of many. Still, it... Read More

Acclaimed scholar Roberta Mazza’s thorough true crime investigation "Stolen Fragments" brings the underground papyrus manuscript trade to the fore of an oft-overlooked antiquities market. In 2012, Mazza launched an investigation into... Read More

Jules Acton’s comprehensive and delightful book "Oaklore" covers the science, history, and mythology of Great Britain’s oak trees. Noting that only 13 percent of the United Kingdom is covered by trees, this intriguing book focuses on... Read More

A motivational guide to the world of real estate investment that’s intent on lowering the barrier to entry, Devon Kennard’s "Real Estate Side Hustle" creates a blueprint for buying, selling, and renting property without shirking... Read More