"Crossing the Cactus" is a comprehensive technology startup guide that names attainable objectives and reflects multifaceted resolve. David Blivin’s savvy business guide "Crossing the Cactus" recommends strategies for technology... Read More

Harrowing wartime experiences leave an indelible mark on the lives of hardy soldiers in the gripping historical novel "The Tenth Trail Mark". In Joe Looby’s solemn historical novel "The Tenth Trail Mark", a soldier undertakes a... Read More

An angry woman’s enduring pain is soothed by her introduction to a loving girl in the fabulistic children’s book The Tale of the Wicked Old Woman and the Very Nice ’Beast’ of Crouch End. Lance Lee’s meandering fable The Tale of... Read More

The intriguing historical mystery novel "The Summer of Haight" is narrated with an undercurrent of surrealism. In George Petersen’s whimsical mystery novel "The Summer of Haight", 1960s San Francisco is subjected to intrigue and... Read More

The idea that people can confront life’s obstacles by reinterpreting setbacks as opportunities is exemplified in "The Apple and the Stone", a creative self-help book with two great men at its center. Hartford G. Dawson’s "The Apple... Read More

Minty, born enslaved in 1822, is impossible to contain: “she / is soil, seed, root, tree, / stem, flower, air, breeze, / stream, river, waves, sea, / Sun, moon, a planetary jubilee.” As a child, she has visions of the Promised Land;... Read More

Raised on myths of Cheese Mountain, an enterprising mouse thinks he’s made a grand discovery on a night when the moon is particularly round, yellow, and bright. Though the moon is quite far away, he decides that “Even if something... Read More

Mysterious out-of-towners help a mourning young woman embrace her inner adventurer in "The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace", Megan Okonsky’s joyous novel about coming out and coming of age. Pinky, who was boxed into returning... Read More