This is a lively and thoughtful hybrid of detective story and psychological literary fiction. Daniel Taylor’s "Do We Not Bleed?" is presented as a detective story, but that’s only half of its appeal. This is a witty and thoughtful... Read More

Lucid, interconnected portraits of adults reveal defeat, yearning, ambition, and loneliness. Nanette L. Avery pays impressive tribute to the Southern Gothic in A Curious Host. Against a backdrop of heavy rain, this panoramic novel... Read More

Brampton’s work is an imaginative blend of fantasy and mystery, cloaked in teen angst and the conflict of good vs. evil. From a momentary glimpse into a world of winged dragons and bloody battles to a present-day journey that takes a... Read More

There is much compassion and food for thought in this readable work of philosophy. In The Essence of Ethical Pragmatism: The Common Sense Philosophy, E. Dennis Brod explains a straightforward, everyday thought system based on objective... Read More

Smith introduces audiences to a primordial, pristine, and rapidly vanishing world, with a reminder that its future is in our hands. Some people are lucky enough to know from an early age exactly what they want to do with their lives.... Read More

Twelve-year-old Eustache Bréman and his widowed mother, Delphine, are living in abject poverty in La Rochelle, France, when their neighbors, the Talon family, invite them to join an expedition to America to be led by René-Robert... Read More

This brave and heartwarming memoir shows that common secrets can have lasting implications. In "Other Voices", Tony Blenman recounts his childhood in Barbados, which was blighted by poverty and abuse. This inspirational memoir reveals... Read More

A fascinating book that raises questions about the meaning of self and relationships, and is a unique look at love. Hallucinatory and complex, "The Oxygen Tank" by Jonathan Harnisch delves deeply into an imaginary couple whose... Read More