Nonfiction

A collection of essays written by ecologist and environmentalist Aldo Leopold describing the land around Leopold's home in Sauk County, Wisconsin and his thoughts on developing a "land ethic" that is now considered to be a landmark book in the American conservation movement.  

"A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race, class, and disability to hide in public on their journey to the North, where they became famous abolitionists while evading bounty hunters." --The Pulitzer Prizes

A page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth - and shows that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.

Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars.

Strangers No Longer reframes the history of Latinos in Wisconsin by revealing religion's central role in the settlement experience of immigrants, migrants, and refugees.