As John Gray asserts in Feline Philosophy, being open to what cats can teach us just might “lighten the load that comes with being human.”
Historian Monica Black explores the connection between Germany’s postwar trauma and an upsurge in superstitious hysteria in A Demon-Haunted Land.
Food writer Jessica Strand provides festive holiday cocktail recipes complemented by stylish midcentury-inspired photos that capture the season’s sparkle.
Perhaps the most unique spin on a cookbook for this holiday season is Hungry Games, a cookbook of 50 recipes that each contain mistakes for the reader to find.
The 25 short essays in The Best American Food Writing 2020 are tackled with humor and consequence, as well as a bit of history mixed in.
As much a self-help book as a cookbook, Bread Therapy is a welcome instructional guide to practicing self-acceptance and making something delicious.
This collection of essays showcases the brilliant mind and fascinating range of one of the 20th century’s most important writers.
Emma Congdon applies her colorful typographic sensibility to quotations and aphorisms and creates bold postmodern patterns accompanied by personal reflections.
Walking on Water offers nourishment for those who feel something mystical takes place when we make art—the miracle of something where there was nothing before.
Alice L. Baumgartner’s South to Freedom shows that enslaved people who escaped to Mexico before the Civil War contributed to the downfall of slavery in the U.S.
This is a worthy listen, even if just for the various New York characters who interrupt Zadie Smith’s proper British narration.
Brandon Stosuy delivers a four-part look at the creative process, from work-life balance to necessary downtime.
The Power Age contains interviews with a wide range of inspiring, accomplished women, all over 40 and most of them 50-plus.
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