A decision made in haste reverberates across multiple kingdoms in Patricia A. McKillip’s lush fantasy classic "The Book of Atrix Wolfe". Blackmailed to betray the ethics of his practice, an enraged mage calls up violent forces to end a... Read More

In Suzanne Manizza Roszak’s radiant novel "The Poison Girl", a brilliant, determined girl escapes the maledictions of her jealous father. Just after Bice was born, her beleaguered mother died. Her father—perhaps blaming himself;... Read More

It’s Sarah’s first Eid in her new country, and she’s looking forward to friends and relatives filling her Eidi bag with money, just like they did in Pakistan. When she arrives at the masjid, however, no one has any coins for her.... Read More

In Zeeva Bukai’s novel "The Anatomy of Exile", a Jewish Israeli mother struggles to reconcile herself to a tragedy from her past while watching a similar situation unfold for her own daughter. Tamar’s sister-in-law, Hadas, is killed... Read More

In this poignant picture book about an unlikely friendship that outlives even death, eclectic illustrations follow an astronaut’s arrival to an alien world with strange creatures and colorful, swirling landscapes. One of the world’s... Read More

An extended criticism of how a government agency mishandled the opioid crisis, "Greed to Do Good" is an edifying insider’s look at the US’s ongoing struggles with drug abuse. CDC epidemiologist Charles LeBaron’s political science... Read More

"Never Home" is a sensitive photographic homage to those who died in World Wars I and II. Photographer and navy veteran Richard Sherman’s moving photography collection "Never Home" is about the sacrifices of US citizens and allies who... Read More

"Vlain and the Last Wild" is an epic fantasy novel that skillfully takes on moral questions about authority and the value of life. Winston T. Harrell’s adventure-filled fantasy novel "Vlain and the Last Wild" is set on the frontier. In... Read More