"The Moby-Dick Blues" is Michael Strelow’s outstanding fictional tale of a developmentally disabled boy, a scholar, and an original Herman Melville manuscript. The Kraft family of Massachusetts, consisting of Mother, daughter Salome,... Read More

The narrative is clear-sighted, open, and honest; as it traces Davidson’s transformation, it becomes inspiring. "Mastership" by Lorne Davidson is a memoir about overcoming financial failure and finding success through martial arts.... Read More

Maddy Harland is the editor of Britain’s Permaculture magazine, now celebrating its twenty-fifth year, as well as the cofounder of an associated eco-publishing company. "Fertile Edges", a chronological collection of her editorials for... Read More

In gorgeous prose, the novel blends together seemingly disparate narratives to form a harmonious whole. In "Sisters of the Cross", Alexei Remizov captures the strata of human experiences via evocative imagery and scintillating language.... Read More

In Kate Braverman’s "A Good Day for Seppuku", there are few joyous moments or emotional breakthroughs. Characters keep to themselves, drift apart, or abandon each other, and though they may reunite, their meetings are generally... Read More

"A Girl in Exile" is a striking exploration of love, art, paranoia, and the limits of freedom in a totalitarian state. "A Girl in Exile", from internationally acclaimed Albanian author and perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ismail Kadare, is... Read More

The girls of Bunk 9 are fun and informative as they explain the mysteries—and debunk the myths—of growing from a girl to a woman. Girls on the cusp of puberty will find a wealth of information and answers to top-of-mind questions in... Read More

"Tales from an Immigrant Entrepreneur" is an engrossing success story that is steeped in honesty and rich with insight. Pernille Fischer Boulter’s "Tales from an Immigrant Entrepreneur" is a timely, candid memoir about a Danish... Read More