Meet authors Denise Williams and Chloe Angyal as they share their newest romance novels.

A moving take on a coming-of-age story that questions who we call family and who we let write the soundtrack to our lives." Carolyn Boehlke Youngbauer; author of Literaria

In a straightforward, friendly style, Iowa’s premier scientists and experts consider what has happened to our land and outline viable solutions that benefit agriculture as well as the state’s human and wild residents.

A candid, unforgettable, and often hilarious memoir of two dads daunting quest for fatherhood.

Thompson’s award-winning trilogy of historical fiction: Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book One and Hell on the Border: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Two will be the basis for the Paramount+ miniseries "Lawmen: Bass Reeves."

Joseph LeValley is the author of a series of award-winning mystery/thriller novels. Featuring a young newspaper reporter based in Iowa, the six published novels have won a dozen awards and honors from competitions in the U.S. and Canada.

Meet local author Bonne Doron, a retired literature professor, animal lover, and author of four books, including her newest work, Welcome Home: Narratives of Hope.

A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz

Join CCI member Austin Frerick for a talk and Q & A based on his new book "Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry."

In The Trail of Lost Hearts, author Tracey Garvis Graves tells the “breathtaking and endlessly romantic” story of two lost souls who grow from strangers to lovers on an accidentally shared hiking trip.

Deep Care follows generations of activists and clinicians who orbited Women’s Choice Clinic in Oakland from the early 1970s until 2010, many of whom share details of their work for the first time. Angela Hume reveals this under-recognized story of the abortion movement, with its lessons more pertinent than ever following the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision’s devastation to abortion access nationwide.

A poetic riddle about language, history, and culture, released in partnership with UNESCO in honor of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032).