Historian Williams examines the role of sexism in a thorough look at 3,000 years of female rulers whose power, she writes, is often “erased, compromised and twisted by words and images.” Royal women are either “feted beyond measure as warrior queens, saints or fairy princesses or castigated as monsters, sexual obsessives, feminine failures.” Williams considers […]
The title says it all: Several hundreds of things are on display here, divided into 17 categories, among them “School Time,” “Sports and Recreation,” and “Household Items.” Each section of this Chilean import contains 30 to 40 items over one or two double-page spreads. Hanisch’s mixed-media depictions are clear, simple, and immensely appealing, each object […]
Following the trial of their rapist in The Way I Am Now (2023), Eden, Gennifer, and Amanda face the debilitating fear and anxiety that come in the wake of Kevin’s sentencing to a mere 180 days in prison. Their lives reflect the forces that shaped each of them. Amanda, a senior in high school whose […]
After a passel of animal musicians pass through the forest, a wandering cricket finds an abandoned violin. “Oh, how practical! A house that can play music. I’m moving in.” During the day she makes pottery and noodles, but by evening she plays wonderful tunes that entrance the other insects and small animals. All is well […]
In the 1964 film A Hard Day’s Night, it’s Ringo who wanders the back streets of London with camera in hand. The other Fabs, though, were just as interested in photography, chronicling their travels and lives on film. Paul McCartney was technically the best behind the lens, as witness his fine 2023 portfolio 1964: Eyes […]
Olivia Sol is a Harmonic who spends her time calculating possibilities and ensuring proper distribution, stabilization, and efficiency in her work for the Heldfast government and in her personal life. As she works to keep her society in balance, she rationalizes cutting off resources to various groups while maintaining compliance within the system’s metrics. When […]
Brownell’s book begins with Vee Haines waiting for her 9-year-old son, Ray, to come home. Their ramshackle homestead is in Starve-Out, New Mexico, a place so obscure that it’s not on any map. Vee tells Ray bedtime stories about her own childhood as the oldest daughter of a well-to-do banker in Chicago. Privately, she remembers […]
Wilder’s novel unfolds entirely within the uninterrupted narration of Warner Truman, an 18-year-old high school graduate whose tendency to self-aggrandize is immediately apparent: “I’m going to be president one day. No doubt about it.” Warner also announces that he is a hero, promising to eventually explain the tumultuous events that he feels have earned him […]
In her nonfiction debut, Calambichis offers advice and guidance to “those who want to build a food business with passion, discipline and purpose.” She provides worksheets and reference cards designed to translate her organizational ideas into practical real-world applications, focusing on three key frameworks: the “Blueprint Operating Model,” the “Blueprint Profit Framework,” and the “Blueprint […]
It’s 1930, and famous movie star Garland Westover is dead. Gracie Perkins and six other girls in the steno pool at Kaplan Talking Pictures are the only people who know this; they are also covering up his murder. Keeping this all a secret proves especially hard for Gracie, a 21-year-old who had been conducting an […]