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William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
I was sure this book was a spoof, but I was delightfully surprised to find that Ian Doescher’s play is a serious work of art. While recasting the original story in Shakespearean style, Doescher has...
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Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin...
Longtime psychologist Martin Seligman argues that there is more to mental health than the absence of mental illness. He is a proponent of a movement he calls “positive psychology,” which proposes a...
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, by Mary Roach
Ever wondered what it would be like to live in outer space? Or on another planet? With boundless curiosity and a sense of humor, Mary Roach takes us into the esoteric world of scientists who ponder...
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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
In a small town on the Inland Sea of Japan, a housekeeper who works for the Akebono Housekeeping Agency receives a new assignment. She will keep house and cook meals every afternoon for a professor...
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Lost Horizon by James Hilton
This classic story, which was published in 1933 and brought the world the land of Shangri-La, centers around an Englishman named Conway, a veteran of The Great War. Conway has always done his duty,...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald by Ruth Prigozy
Prigozy’s slim biography, filled with beautiful photographs of Fitzgerald and the people and places important to him, depicts a young man who was obsessed with attaining a romantic image of glamour and...
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The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl by Martin Windrow
Owls have always fascinated me. On the rare occasions when I have seen one, I was mesmerized. My husband, a wetland biologist who roams the woods for both work and pleasure, once brought me an owl...
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What Makes Olga Run? by Bruce Grierson
Olga Kotelko is a 93-year-old Canadian track star, part of an elite group that scientists call “super-seniors”—people in their 80s and 90s, even 100s, who are setting world records that compare...
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Paper To Petal by Rebecca Thuss
This book is one of those truly gorgeous craft books that are fun to browse through. Best of all, these realistic-looking flowers are easy to make—all you need is crepe paper, scissors, florist’s tape,...
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Best New Books of 2014: Sharon S’s Picks
It is said that “Truth is stranger than fiction,” and to me it is just as interesting. I read fiction and nonfiction for the same reasons: to be entertained, instructed, and inspired. Here are my...
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