Deborah Blum, a freelancer and journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin, has written a biography of Harry Harlow. He was, according to Blum, a frustrated poet — sarcastic, work-obsessed, and alcoholic — and yet he was a brilliant psychologist who helped lead a revolution in the understanding of relationships and connections.

Hill Williams, who retired from the Seattle Times, has not been resting on his laurels. In his new book, he presents an overview of the geologic processes that shaped the Northwest region. He describes its varied terrain, from the volcanic Cascade Range in the west to the flood-scoured scablands of eastern Washington and eroded peaks of the northern Rockies.

In her poems, Lucille Lang Day, a California freelancer, celebrates the natural world and explores the connection among science, nature, and human experience. She is the author of a number of books including the prize-winning Self-Portrait With Hand Microscope, published by Berkeley Poets' Workshop and Press.

The story of Jewish women in America begins in September 1654, and continues, unbroken, to today. In those three-and-a-half centuries, millions of mothers, wives, sisters and daughters have helped build and nourish families, businesses, charitable institutions, synagogues, schools, labor unions, and many other things that enrich and define life in America.