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Kernels of Resistance: Maize, Food Sovereignty, and Collective Power

This book offers a valuable lesson about the street protests and organizational efforts between rural and urban groups to fight the Monsanto law, which was overturned soon after the protests. That’s one of the many factors that make this book a powerful, hopeful work.

Star Bound: A Beginner’s Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard’s Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between

With Carney and McCandless’s breezy style, this enthusiastic and accessible history will engage the curiosity of both general readers and seasoned space enthusiasts alike.

Sea Bean: A Beachcomber’s Search for a Magical Charm—A Memoir

With her 10-plus years of experiences on Shetland and other islands, Huband’s descriptions of her wanderings are healing and vital. Highly recommended for nature and travel readers.

Intermezzo

Rooney’s at her best between the acts, as in the intermezzo moments or pauses between bold movements. Readers will find themselves tearfully applauding for the small victories, the little defeats, and the silences between characters in this lovely story of complicated people finding, and often losing, each other in times of pain.

Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him

A vital study of retributive, rather than rehabilitative, justice that should reach a wide audience across all formats. An essential purchase.

Your Natural Garden: A Practical Guide To Caring for an Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden

An excellent resource on natural gardening that will circulate well in communities interested in cultivating and maintaining eco-conscious gardens.

The 10-Minute Gardener: How To Have a Veggie Garden and a Life—85 Time-Saving Tactics To Be More Efficient and Grow More Food in Less Time

For readers short on time and eager to garden, this essential resource offers a realistic and sustainable solution for creating a productive, low-maintenance garden that fits into any lifestyle. CaliKim’s emphasis on efficiency means that even the busiest people can reap the rewards of growing vegetables and enjoying other gardening approaches.

The Devil’s Drug: The Global Emergence of Crystal Meth

Voeten’s meticulous research has made for easily the most comprehensive work ever done on this subject. A must for collections, this highly recommended book expertly describes and shows with evidence-based research and powerful accounts the terrifying reality of this global issue.

Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War

Roper’s close reading of the texts presents a rich, multidirectional history of an important historical period. And she writes like a dream. An exciting history book that’s likely to be the go-to study for years to come.
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