For those who greet the arrival of a favorite women’s magazine as a special occasion that calls for a nice cup of tea and a quiet, solitary hour, Patricia Sands’ "The Bridge... Read More

Though the gritty South Bank London neighborhood that author Gwen Southgate grew up in has today been redeveloped into a tony tourist and arts destination, she vividly portrays... Read More

Paul and Karen Fredette seek to overturn society’s misundertandings of hermits with their groundbreaking book Consider the Ravens: On Contemporary Hermit Life. From the... Read More

While many books targeting baby boomers address the challenges of retirement, few focus on the actual aging process. "A New Wrinkle" does—in a positive and inspirational way.... Read More

Regenia Rawlinson, an educator, counselor, and school administrator for more than thirty years, wrote "A Mind Shaped By Poverty" to help teachers and administrators understand... Read More

Sometimes people do not know what they are made of until they’re thrown out of their comfort zones. This is the central theme of Donna Cousins’ novel "Waiting for Bones".... Read More

A 1967 graduate of West Point, Richard Barlow Adams captures the spirit of that grand old school for generals in his novel The Parting: A Story of West Point on the Eve of the... Read More

Industrious real-estate agent Megan Riley finds herself in a heap of trouble as Mary Firmin’s pulse-pounding kinky debut thriller "Deadly Pleasures" opens. Already dogged by a... Read More

Woody Hayes flashed across the sports pages and is gone, in disgrace. Joe Paterno is exiting college football under a cloud. Lester Hipple, an extraordinarily successful high... Read More

I loved Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, seeing myself in his wonderful stories of faraway places, strange-looking people, and magnificent adventures. I wanted my own magnificent... Read More

God is known to speak in mysterious ways, often using surprising people to communicate his messages. In biblical times, the Word of God might come through a shepherd, or a... Read More

Oathsworn to avenge the death of his father and the ravishing of his mother and sister by Hjartan and his band of marauding Vikings, young Magnus sets about on a journey to find... Read More