Starling’s riveting near-future debut depicts an intense psychological battle of wills between two damaged, deeply flawed women who forge an unbreakable connection in the dark. Gyre Price, an amateur caver from an impoverished mining world, is desperate to earn enough money to discover the fate of h... Continue reading »

In this illuminating—and remarkably moving—treatise on animal empathy, Emory University primatologist de Waal (Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?) delivers some of his most damaging, and joyous, blows yet to human exceptionalism. Drawing on his own extensive experiences, de ... Continue reading »

“If you build it, they will come” is not what an industrious little yellow bird has in mind when it constructs a cozy nest in a big tree on the savanna. Yet each time the bird diligently, proudly completes a nest, another species—a giraffe, an elephant, an entire meerkat family—stakes an improbable ... Continue reading »

Debut author Peterson, writing about her life as the wife of author and pastor Eugene Peterson, captures the subtle nuances of developing faith-filled friendships in this helpful guide. In five brief chapters, she relates the core actions she believes are necessary for sustainable friendship—caring,... Continue reading »

Huddled in the empty, rain-soaked street under the awning of a noodle shop, pink-haired ex-sniper Jun lets out a groan: “I just want some peace.” After a lifetime spent at war, peace is far from possible for the abandoned army of veterans who haunt French-Laotian artist Singelin’s grim urban landsca... Continue reading »