Emphasizing ethical consistency and self-observation, "Holistic Life Awareness" is a soothing self-help text. Dragisa Doug Jovanovic’s spiritual self-help book "Holistic Life Awareness" is about interconnected living and leading a... Read More

"Sloth Finds His Perfect Tree" is a festive picture book about the true meaning of home. In Christie Nicholls’s whimsical picture book "Sloth Finds His Perfect Tree", an intrepid sloth seeks a new home at a Christmas tree farm. Eager... Read More

A Vestal virgin defends her honor to save her life in Victoria Alvear’s "The Cleansing", a riveting novel set in an ancient Rome. At a time when the “truth no longer matters” and misogyny, violence, and superstition reign,... Read More

In "Portrait of an Island on Fire", essayist Ariel Saramandi writes about how race, gender, culture, and environmental change drive life in Mauritius, wrestling with the ongoing impact of the country’s past. With righteous anger and... Read More

Second chances seem possible with a bit of small town holiday magic in Sophie Bueno’s clean romance novel "Christmas at the Havenwood Diner". Alex, a betrayed restaurant group heir who’s been hiding his pain in spreadsheets and hard... Read More

Romance and intimacy are not pathways to anyone’s happily-ever-after in the poems of "The Thorn Key", whose entries are seamless in reimagining fairy tales in the context of feminist values. Folklorist Jeana Jorgensen’s muscular... Read More

A young bird staves off mass destruction in the fantastical graphic novel Haru Book 3: Fall. Haru, a bird who’s unable to fly, meets his apparent death at the hands of Blight, a corrupted force bent on ravaging the world. Caught in the... Read More

A primer on all things gender, this affirming picture book offers understanding and education for readers of all ages. The book covers gender identities, pronouns, and different ways of expressing gender, from haircuts to footwear, while... Read More