In Varley O’Connor’s historical novel "The Welsh Fasting Girl", Sarah Jacob is a humdrum farm girl. When she stops eating in the 1860s, she swiftly gains notoriety... Read More

The stories in Richard Wiley’s new collection all take place in the same city among characters who share connections. They are creatively mixed and span decades and tones.... Read More

Jerome Charyn has long been a prolific writer with diverse interests, and that clearly shines through in his latest essay collection, "In the Shadow of King Saul". Both literary... Read More

Inspired by the stories of refugees, "Alpha" is a moving and important account of the risks and hardships braved by illegal immigrants seeking a better life. A man’s... Read More

Eighty percent of Greenland is covered by ice. That makes it an inhospitable setting, certainly, but it’s “a dream” for scientists, William E. Glassley writes. In "A... Read More

Nostalgia has a Greek root but was certainly perfected in France. In the suburbs of Paris, a young woman named Ania reenters the complex world of her childhood following her... Read More

In the first few years of the sixteenth century, in Orvieto’s splendid medieval cathedral, Luca Signorelli painted The Last Judgment, a sprawling, shocking fresco of muscled... Read More

Lock draws from ex-slave narratives for this evocative novel set within American history. Norman Lock’s American Novels series engages creatively with nineteenth-century... Read More

Third in the American Novels series, "The Port-Wine Stain" delves into the dark and evocative world of Edgar Allan Poe’s life and work, capturing the essence of his stories... Read More

A dizzying, disturbing tour of what might be going on in the minds of “good people,” Robert Lopez’s collection of twenty previously published stories breaks open his... Read More

From grief to daily rituals to the shape of a dachshund, Pritchard insightfully connects the most obscure of subjects to reveal gems of truth about the human experience. The... Read More

This comprehensive rundown of the great names in astronomical detection makes for compelling biographical reading. "Starlight Detectives" throws light on the lives of many of... Read More