Veteran New Yorker cartoonist and man-about-Rhinebeck Danny Shanahan mines a seemingly bottomless vein of off-center briefcase-and-suit humor. If these 122 cartoons don't make you laugh out loud, we'll throw the book at you.

Party-girl oboist Tindall is sure to flip a few powdered wigs with this scathing expose of the classical music world, in which she "was hired for so many of my gigs in bed." See Out & Aloud for author events.

Vanity Fair reporter Carswell grew up in the literal shadows of the Albany Home for Children, where her parents worked. In this moving memoir, she examines her outwardly happy, privately haunted childhood, and the lives of the orphans next door.

Observing that the sick relate stories of illness, and doctors counter with stories of hope, Native American physician and author Mehl-Madrona presents a variety of creation myths, transformation tales, and miracle stories, describing their value as agents of healing.

Vassar graduate Haworth scores a quiet triumph with this debut novel about the Nazi occupation of Copenhagen and the ordinary people who built an extraordinary resistance movement: an aging fisherman, a budding Zionist, and two medical students of differing mettle.

A swift but sloppy fairy searches for the missing  fairy dust that she must sprinkle to help baby fairies take wing. Parents may cherish the clean-your-room message, but Lanza's lush illustrations cast an enchanting spell for young readers.