David Elkins brings readers a varied collection of illustrations in his art book, Tamaren. These illustrations cover various themes and topics related to different aspects of individual and societal phenomena. Elkins touches on the prevalence of geometry in society through illustrations that show how individuals...

Raised on Black and White TV by Carol Denise Mitchell is a reflective narrative that explores how early television shaped identity, culture, and perception through the eyes of a Black woman growing up in mid-20th-century America. The book opens with a nostalgic prologue that frames...

In Failure to Treat, Dr. Peter Kowey opens the doors of modern American medicine to show what can happen after a patient seeks help and enters a system that no longer moves in step with doctors' diagnoses. Dr. Kowey provides comprehensive case studies that begin...

Does it serve us to be good? Prasanth Kumar Vinakota believes that it does not, and outlines his reasoning in Why Good People Are Actually Dangerous: The Hidden Cost of Moral Certainty. We have been programmed to aspire to be “good”, but this can have...

Becoming a Mom: An IVF Story by Liz Jauvtis chronicles the author’s deeply moving journey into motherhood. After being a babysitter to a single mother in her teen years, Liz decided she also wanted to be a mother someday. However, she did not expect to...

The Key of Compassion is one of those rare, thoughtful books that completely changes how you look at life behind bars. It focuses on the idea of inner transformation, leaning into the Buddhist belief that you can still grow even when you're stuck in the...

In Fractured, Debra Morgan recounts her upbringing after being abandoned by her biological mother as a young child; her grandmother raises her in a household characterized by blurred family roles. Her upbringing is marked by repeated exposure to emotional and physical abuse, along with manipulation...

How Shakespeare Can Save the World by Ion Parreah offers an imaginative exploration of modern society through Shakespeare’s enduring insights, using the Fool’s voice as a guide through contemporary chaos. Parreah introduces the fictional town of Cold Cape, a community undone not by natural disaster...

In Dance While the Fire Burns, Deborah Ann Lucas traces a life marked by repeated upheavals as her childhood moves give way to adult years shaped by almost every conceivable calamity, and the ongoing presence of horses and art as the only stable parts of...

Everwoven: A Memoir. A Reckoning by Megan Margherio is a personal narrative that moves between past and present, exploring memory, trauma, and healing. It unfolds through fragmented vignettes and conversations between “Little Me,” “Teen Me,” and the author, showing how memory resides in the body...