King of Joy / Richard Chiem / Soft Skull Press / Softcover $15.95 (192pp) / 978-1-59376-309-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Richard Chiem’s King of Joy traces an abandoned girl’s tragic trajectory from unloved... Read More

FOREWORD’S LIT HIT—INDIE BOOKS THAT’LL BLOW YOU AWAY / Let’s hear it for The Sect of Angels, the scandalous story of how a cult of Sicilian priests lured underage girls and virtuous young women into a sex ring under the pretenses... Read More

Whether on vacation or business, wherever we travel, we treat ourselves to a book fix by visiting indie bookstores and libraries. What we know and love about the non-corporate bookstores, even the largest ones, is the sense of space they... Read More

As the world’s faithful struggle for proof of the existence of God, the rest of us weep at all the evidence showing that humans have long been playing God (or, Antichrist) with the green Earth—from hunting woolly mammoths and... Read More

Training for the Uphill Athlete / A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers / Steve HouseScott JohnstonKilian Jornet / Patagonia / Softcover $35.00 (320pp) / 978-1-938340-84-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / ... Read More