"The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook" is Becky L. Diamond’s entertaining guide to late nineteenth-century holiday sweets, decorations, and customs. Studded like a literary plum pudding with recipes, illustrations, and Christmas lore, it... Read More

An aspirational memoir–cum-self-help guide, "Give Me a Year" is about fostering one’s sense of adventure across a year of intentional new experiences. Entrepreneur Shonda Scott’s self-help guide "Give Me a Year" is about seeking... Read More

Suggesting means of fostering environments that are conducive to children’s social development, Creating Social Superstars is an experience- and research-based parenting guide. School administrator Noel Schmidt’s parenting guide... Read More

Coaching people toward fulfilling, purpose-driven lives based on Montessori models, "Alignment" is an encouraging self-help text. Educator Katie Keller Wood’s self-help guide "Alignment" draws on Montessori models to propose methods of... Read More

Viewing movements toward women’s equality through the lens of riding horses, Eliza McGraw’s "Astride" is a charming history book. At the turn of the twentieth century, just as horse-riding began to go out of fashion for society men,... Read More

A cookbook rooted in warm memories of stories and meals shared around tables laden with comforting home-cooked food, Jan A. Brandenburg’s "The Modern Mountain Cookbook" honors both the long-held traditions of generations of Appalachian... Read More

In Leslie Gentile’s sensitive novel "Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter", a girl’s relationship with her mother is centered. From the Eagle Shores Indian Reserve in Vancouver Island, twelve-year-old Truly settles into life with Andy... Read More

Phyllis Gobbell’s novel "Prodigal" tells a parabolic story of homecoming in a Southern small town. Connor, a preacher’s son, is cast adrift after becoming an accomplice in the Independence Day shooting of a convenience store clerk.... Read More