Bestselling author and PBS personality Miranda Esmonde-White has helped countless people reverse the aging process with her fitness program Essentrics, her show Classical Stretch, and her first book, Aging Backwards. Now, with Forever Painless, she takes on the leading cause of premature aging—chronic pain—and shows readers how they can relieve pain permanently, gaining increased… More »
2016 Nautilus Award Winner: SILVER in Body, Mind, & Spirit Practices
How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health
Emeran Mayer
Based on Dr. Emeran Mayer's cutting-edge research and clinical practice, The Mind-Gut Connection details the evidence of the mind-body connection on a cellular level, explaining how the microbiome influences cognitive function and mood, and how the brain can affect the functioning of our gut. Dr. Mayer offers practical information about how our diets, medications, and family history can… More »
From the Head Bread Baker of King Arthur Flour comes a moving meditation on the art and craft of baking bread that reaches beyond technique and inspires at-home bakers to explore the essence of baking as an act of love, featuring photographs, hand-drawn illustrations and original recipes. More »
2017 Grand Prize Winner, New England Book Festival
A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family
Lisa Fenn
Former ESPN producer Lisa Fenn's inspirational memoir about her unexpected relationship with two disabled African-American wrestlers from inner-city Cleveland, and how these bonds—blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox kind of family—would transform their lives. More »
2016 Nautilus Award Winner: SILVER in Young Adult (YA), Non-Fiction
The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
Katherine Ozment
Contributing editor to Boston magazine, award-winning journalist, and former senior editor of National Geographic, Katherine Ozment explores our country's growing population of secular humanists and the effect of an increasingly secular world fabric of families and society. More »
Spirituality & Health Magazine Best Book of 2016
2016 Nautilus Award Winner: GOLD in Religion / Spirituality of Other Traditions
Betsy Lerner spends two years attending her mother's weekly Bridge Club—which has met on Mondays for 50 years—and discovers the inner lives of five women from the Don't Ask-Don't Tell-generation. As she learns the nuances of Bridge, and lessons from across the generational divide, Lerner also comes to a deeper understanding of the rocky relationship she's had with her mother. Told… More »
The Alan Truscott Memorial Award (2016)
2016 Nautilus Award WInner: SILVER in Memoir and Women
Former FDA Commissioner and bestselling author of The End of Overeating, Dr. David Kessler explores how and why our logical minds and better intentions can feel as though they have been hijacked by something we cannot control. What he discovers is the very underpinning of human suffering whether it be from depression, anxiety, obsession, addiction, phobia, or panic. More »
The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
Joseph Telushkin
The story of the leader who built a dwindling post-holocaust community into the most influential Jewish organization in the world. From a small synagogue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the late Rebbe Schneerson impacted the policies of US presidents and congressmen, the beliefs of university professors and religious leaders, and led the lives of thousands. More »
From the author of Fifty Shades of Kale comes a new cookbook that explores the role our brains play in every part of our life, including our mood, health, focus, memory, and appetite. Drawing from cutting-edge science, he identifies the 21 nutrients most important to brain health and shows readers how to incorporate them into their diet through 100 delicious recipes engineered for optimal… More »
Dr. Kelly Brogan offers an entirely new perspective on depression and exposes the cruel truth about modern psychiatry. Rather than approaching depression as a disease or a brain disorder best treated with drugs, Dr. Brogan offers a path to peace of mind that will rescue millions of women currently considering or taking antidepressants. Her evidence-based theory teaches us that we owe most… More »
Spirituality & Health Magazine Best Book of 2016
2016 Nautilus Award Winner: SILVER in Health & Healing / Wellness
A collection of recipes that reflect the great tradition of Southern heritage foods and cuisine, updated with modern techniques, new ingredients, and an overview of the food culture in today's South, where some of the most promising young chefs in America are changing the way we think about "Southern Food." More »
2016 James Beard Award Finalist: American Cooking
Named one of Eater’s Best New Cookbooks for Fall 2015
Selected as one of Vanity Fair’s “18 Best New Cookbooks”
From the team behind the popular food and politics website Roads & Kingdoms comes a unique gastro-tourism guide to japan, combining beautifully written, in-depth narrative, insider advice, and indispensable information, along with 195 extraordinary color photographs. More »
James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards: Roads & Kingdoms 2017 Publication of the Year
The chef of award-winning Atlanta restaurant, Miller Union, Steven Satterfield has quickly garnered national attention as a chef who understands how to spotlight vegetables with a simple, elegant cooking style that honors the essence of the vegetable. Named the “Vegetable Shaman” by Sam Sifton, Satterfield describes his method of using the whole vegetable in the same way many butchers… More »
Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future
Adam Sobel
Atmospheric scientist and Columbia University professor Adam Sobel takes an inquisitive look into super storm Sandy, examining the science behind the storm, its connections to our changing climate, and the implications for the future. More »
Winner of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Award, Popular Category
Winner of the Louis J. Battan Author’s Award for the American Meteorological Society
The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol
Ann Dowsett Johnston
An exploration of the rise in alcohol consumption and abuse among women in recent years. The Drinking Diaries covers health risks, marketing, current trends and sociological contributions to this new epidemic. The author beautifully weaves reportage with her personal recovery story into a compelling and informative narrative addressing one of the most pressing issues for women today. More »
One of the Washington Post’s Ten Best Books of 2013
