The narrator of Patrick Parks’s surrealistic novel "Tucumcari" is a man who floats through memories and time, addressing ash-covered cities, the atom bomb, and his wife. Lean, direct prose anchors his feverish meanderings. Fantastical... Read More

"The Execution of Jesus the Christ" uses medical knowledge to successfully bridge a gap between science and faith. "The Execution of Jesus the Christ" by Mark J. Kubala reads a bit like a medical mystery, dealing with the question of... Read More

This spiritual memoir details one woman’s approachable and heartfelt appeals to God. Seun Rominiyi’s memoir "A Peculiar Friend" details her journey of faith as she finds strength through God among her tribulations and uncertainties.... Read More

Both a scientific overview and blueprint for implementation, this work examines strategies for weight loss and muscle maintenance. "Lean Gains" by Jonathan S. Lee offers readers an overview of the science behind losing fat while... Read More

These short stories are dynamic and fresh, with evocative language that brings their Welsh settings to life. "A Collection of Short Stories" by Gillian Fletcher-Edwards artfully blends the contemporary issues of Welsh mining families... Read More

"Mom, Twice a Child" is a loving testament to the beauty of one mother’s life, even as daughter becomes caretaker. "Mom, Twice a Child" by Marilyn R. Duncan is a daughter’s warm reminiscence of her mother’s childhood and a... Read More

To grasp the complexity of life on this planet, you could do worse than to study riverness—water nourishing, shaping, cleansing, and altogether interacting with land, air, and all manner of being. This biography of Ontario’s Grand... Read More

This memoir digs into questions of racism and what exactly constitutes “blackness.” Tony Bethel, a doctor of naprapathic medicine, writes about being a descendant of the Bethels, a mixed-race family with enslaved ancestors, in... Read More