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Author(s):
Eugenia Kim
Genre(s):
Asian American, Coming of Age
The Kinship of Secrets
March 16, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Bette Lee Crosby
Few mothers can imagine having strong enough ties with their family that they would choose to leave a daughter behind. This is that story.
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Author(s):
Brittany Cavallaro
Genre(s):
Friendship, Social & Family Issues
Hello Girls
August 5, 2019
Reviewed by: 
CJ Lyons
It might be easy to simply call Hello Girls a YA Thelma and Louise, but it is so much more . . .
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Author(s):
DK
Genre(s):
History, World War II, Military History & Affairs, World
World War II Map by Map
September 2, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Clifford A. Wright
“World War II Map by Map is a delight to leaf through and is highly recommended for those desiring a pictorial introduction to World War II.”
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Author(s):
Jamie Brenner
Genre(s):
Coming of Age, Genre Fiction, Families, Families
Drawing Home
May 25, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Bette Lee Crosby
“a satisfying summer read.”
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Author(s):
Eliane Brum
Genre(s):
Literary, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir
The Collector of Leftover Souls: Field Notes on Brazil's Everyday Insurrections
January 14, 2020
Reviewed by: 
JJ Amaworo Wilson
“a superb chronicle of marginalization, a collage depicting a continent-sized country still finding its way nearly 200 years after independence.”
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Author(s):
Malcolm Gladwell
Genre(s):
Popular, Psychology, Communication, Political & Social Science, U.S. Society and Culture
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
September 15, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Karen R. Koenig
“Although its parts are fine, their sum does not quite add up to what we expect in a book by Gladwell.”
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Author(s):
Julia Shaw
Genre(s):
Nonfiction, History, LGBTQ+
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
August 21, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Jane Haile
The author, herself bisexual, undertook the book “to bring the colourful world of bi-sexual scholarship out of the shadows” and to show that bisexuality “is a normal part of sexuality,” an ambition
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Author(s):
Simon Fairlie
Genre(s):
Cooking, Food, Wine & Spirits
Meat
March 29, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Robert A. Moskowitz
In the interests of full disclosure, let me say that I enjoy a good hamburger, and I love to cook— and eat—spareribs.
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Author(s):
Chris Ware
Genre(s):
Literary, Humor, Dystopian
Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library)
January 6, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Annette Lapointe
“Rusty Brown is a masterful study of ordinary American humanity.
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Editor(s):
Charlotte Cotton
Genre(s):
Photography & Video, Techniques & Equipment
Photography Is Magic
November 21, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Richard Rivera
“The degree of media, materials, and forms presented is truly extraordinary.”
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Author(s):
Paige Harbison
Genre(s):
Young Adult
Here Lies Bridget
March 14, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Renee C. Fountain
Bridget Duke is the daughter of a famous sportscaster, popular-by-default among her peers and a nightmare for her stepmother and school faculty.
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Author(s):
Wendy Jehanara remayne
Genre(s):
Health, Wellness & Medical, Health, Wellness & Medical, Health, Wellness & Medical
The Good Life Lab: Radical Experiments in Hands-On Living
June 22, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Helen Gallagher
“. . . a how-to guide for anyone ready to give back to the Earth more than he or she takes.”


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Author(s):
Robert Johnson
Genre(s):
Genre Fiction
The Culling
November 19, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Natylie Baldwin
Robert Johnson's first novel tackles an issue that most in the media, the arts, and entertainment industry—even the environmental community—are afraid to discuss directly: overpopulation.
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Author(s):
Jonathan Littell
Translator(s):
Charlotte Mandell
Genre(s):
Middle East
Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising
April 21, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Karl Wolff
The news coming from Syria is not good. The initial exhilaration and hope ignited by the Arab Spring has faded into the background.
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Author(s):
Grayson Perry
Genre(s):
Gender Studies, History, Political
The Descent of Man
January 9, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Jane Haile
“Perry’s skewering of evolutionary rationales to explain and justify gender inequalities should keep us going for a while.”
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Author(s):
Gwen C. Katz
Genre(s):
Young Adult, Historical
Among the Red Stars
October 2, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Carolyn Haley
“gripping and entertaining, and suitable for both its teenage target audience and adults.”
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Author(s):
Claire Messud
Genre(s):
Historical Fiction, Twentieth Century, Literary, Interracial/Multi-ethnic/Cultural Heritage
The Last Life
December 6, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Marissa Moss
“The Last Life isn’t an easy read, but it’s a rewarding, thought-provoking one.”
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Author(s):
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
Genre(s):
Biology & Life Sciences, Popular Culture, Self-Improvement/Self Help, Art Therapy, Neuroscience, Science & Math, Arts, Design & Photography
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
June 1, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Adrienne Ross Scanlan
“’The world, and its beauty, are there waiting for you,’ write Magsamen and Ross, a fitting last line in a book proving the science, the joy, and the power of experiencing life enmeshed in
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Author(s):
Kathleen B. Jones
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Sixteenth Century, Historical Fiction
Cities of Women
September 7, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Joan M. Burda
“This richly textured narrative whipsaws the reader between the 14th and 21st centuries.
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Author(s):
Margaret Randall
Genre(s):
Essays
Luck: Essays
October 27, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Jane Haile
“every essay, whether one agrees or not with the views expressed, is a pleasure to read and always thought provoking.”
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