"The United States of Incarceration" is a valuable arms cache for those who want to engage in the war on mass incarceration. "The United States of Incarceration", by Tim... Read More

"The Ideal Woman" provides a rich portrait of a culture and family in the skillful hands of a talented writer. In a richly imagined and detailed Philippines, the fortune of... Read More

This interesting premise could help others look past disabilities and feel more comfortable interacting with those who have them. Born a quadriplegic, Lynn has spent the last... Read More

This stupendous thriller challenges both the heart rate and the moral compass. Trouble has a knack for finding the characters in Rob Lubitz’s "Beyond Top Secret", a... Read More

Kasper’s considerable knowledge of the Cold War era makes this thriller informative. It’s the mid 1980s, and Nick Gamble, the protagonist of this serpentine story of... Read More

This touching story plainly told provides a captivating view of wartime Serbia, its tensions, and its effects on ordinary working people. Judith Somborac’s "Tug-of-War"... Read More

"His Just Desserts" is a page-turner, and no time is wasted in getting to the juicy parts of the story. In Canadian author John Raymond Williams’s thrilling suspense novel,... Read More

This historical novel shows what daily life was like for women whose husbands were away at war. Hope Moore’s "Cruise Widows" tells the story of five Navy wives and the lives... Read More

This memoir written to help Little’s grandchildren understand her coming of age in the 1950s will also appeal to women today. Grandchildren often wonder what grandparents were... Read More

Three children travel to Ireland and learn that their late father’s tales of magic were all true in this Harry Potter-esque story. Dragons and destiny, sorcery and... Read More

This complex and entertaining novels paints a portrait of life with sickle-cell anemia. Most people have heard of sickle-cell anemia, but many don’t know much about it. In... Read More

Tolle provides a compelling and entertaining behind-the-scenes look at making it in the music business. For the Record: A Musical Odyssey, by Don Tolle, is an honest,... Read More