The Bee & The Fly is an absorbing epistolary novel in which two of the nineteenth century’s most beloved women writers exchange their concerns about writing and contemporaneous issues. Framed as an attic discovery, these winsome... Read More

A Syrian refugee experiences financial difficulties, family separation and loss, and a dangerous sea crossing in this second volume of "Hakim’s Odyssey". Forced to flee Syria, Hakim now lives in Turkey with his wife, Najmeh, and his... Read More

The essays of fly fisherman Dylan Tomine’s "Headwaters" cast into global waters, seeking to feed a lifelong addiction. Tomine’s angling obsession began when he caught a steelhead salmon in Oregon as a boy. His passion lured him to... Read More

A byproduct of questions about aging and a chance meeting turned interview-cum-photography session while vacationing on Patmos, Ellen Warner’s "The Second Half" is the culmination of fifteen years spent pursing older women’s... Read More

Art historian Sheila Barker’s biography of Artemisia Gentileschi presents the facts of Artemisia’s life, framing a narrative around why and how its events happened as they did. In a “visual contextualization of the lives and... Read More

Greg Sarris’s resonant memoir explores identities, heritages, and the legacies of places. Adopted as a child, Sarris grew up in midcentury Santa Rosa, then moved to a smaller city surrounded by expansive natural beauty, where Native... Read More

Julie Kleeman and Yeshi Jampa’s enticing cookbook "Taste Tibet" is a labor of love for the couple, who own a popular restaurant in England by the same name. Its recipes include traditional and adapted dishes, gathered to put “Tibet... Read More

In 1971, Anthony Scaduto’s Bob Dylan became the first investigative biography of the greatest modern songwriter, examining his formative years in the New York folk scene and the evolution of his musical style and persona. Scaduto... Read More