Ben Rawlence brings the issue of refugee resettlement into sharp focus with compelling profiles of despair and hope.

Sponsored by the Camden-Rockport Historical Society, the event takes place Sunday afternoon in Camden.

Nicholas Stargardt’s new book fills in gaps about what ordinary Germans knew – and when – during the years from 1939 to 1945.

Catherine Besteman, a Colby professor with deep knowledge of the culture, approaches the story as an ‘action anthropologist.’

In her memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jhumpa Lahiri tells of finding a home and a sense of self in a new language.

The collection of stories by Helen Ellis plays off both sides of her background as an Alabaman turned New Yorker.