Helen Thomson’s ‘Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s Strangest Brains’ ponders that and other interesting questions in a series of fascinating case studies.

Ben Goldfarb argues convincingly for beaver restoration in this marvelously humor-laced page-turner.

Included in this anthology are writings from 1879 to the early 1940s.

Bridgford’s dazzling narrative technique and knowledge of history are equally clear.

‘How It Happened’ is the first, but not the last novel that prolific, part-time Camden resident Michael Koryta has set in the state.