See the world through someone else's eyes with one of these memoirs or biographies. Experience America as an immigrant, encounter the beginning of an art movement or discover the life of a young boy in an American internment camp during World War II.
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October 17, 2019
Celebrate PRIDE month with these great fiction and nonfiction book picks.
May 14, 2019
Women have been the driving forces behind scientific breakthroughs, political and social movements, the arts, and business, but have often gotten their accomplishments glossed over or misattributed to their male colleagues. In honor of women's history month, we've created a list biographies of women's who have changed the world, but haven't always gotten the credit they have deserved.
February 11, 2019
Our annual roundup of our favorites. We hope you love these reads as much as we did.
November 29, 2018
Non-fiction titles exploring what it means to be transgender. Spanning topics from memoirs and history, to parenting a transgender child.
November 9, 2018
Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre, con unas selecciones de nuestra colección en español. | Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15, with some selections from our Spanish collection.
August 31, 2018
The blossoming beauty of nature and the ever changing weather of April seem like the perfect partners to poetry. Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading some poems from one or more of these selections.
April 5, 2018
Today (3-14, get it?) is a great day to celebrate math and pie. Pi (π), the never-repeating, infinite number representing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter (3.14159...
March 14, 2018
Our annual roundup of our favorites. We hope you love these reads as much as we did.
December 7, 2017
In a right-handed world, those of us who aren't have to look a little harder to find books that represent our experience. So, in celebration of Left Handers Day (August 13), here are some options for veering to the left in your reading choices.
August 4, 2017
Summer is a great time to take your favorite companions on a road trip. Book lovers take some companions to the beach. The best companions don't need a beach at all. Here's to summer and good friends.
May 22, 2017
Books filled with lists, facts, figures, and general information that may or may not be considered "trivial."
March 23, 2017
For my part, writes Robert Louis Stevenson in Travels with a Donkey, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." Sounds like wanderlust to me and these books will put an itch in your feet and make you want to pack up and board a plane...now.
February 6, 2017
We admit it—being around so many great books at work each day is a dream made real. Enjoy this year’s list of our most recent favorites.
November 22, 2016