Space Coyote

The full title of Antonia Hylton's book is Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum. In a little more than 300 pages, Hylton explores the history of the Crownsville Hospital in Maryland, which first opened in 1911 with a specific focus on the Negro Insane. Her investigation and findings will cover the hospital's entire lifespan, with crucial insights from former patients and staff.

'Car Brain' - the cultural blind spot that makes people apply double standards when they think about driving - is real, measurable and pervasive.

Any novel that attempts to have many interlocking storylines and points of view always piques my interest. This was certainly the case with Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim. Set during Korea's fight for independence and the struggles of World War II, the book follows the stories and fates of a handful of characters, each with their own goals, and ideas of how the world should be. The Situation: It is 1917, and a poor hunter is saved from death by the very people who are oppressing his country.