In Anthony Varallo’s evocative and taut "The Lines", the end of a marriage brings about an unsettling beginning for a family. Set during the 1970s and amid oil and gasoline shortages, the US’s scarcity of fuel and the public’s... Read More
Taking a satirical approach to human psychology, "The Art of Hunting Humans" removes the baggage from study and uncovers ideas that feel fresh and exciting. Sidney Mazzi’s tongue-in-cheek psychology book "The Art of Hunting Humans"... Read More
An alternate history works as a period detective story and an adventure yarn about heroes on the run. In Lincoln’s Bodyguard by T. J. Turner, a half–Native American bodyguard takes on a special mission from Abraham Lincoln, traveling... Read More
Please, Ms. Physicist, tell me a story, one that uses my language and down-to-earth images to bring your cosmic universe a few light years closer to me. Lo and behold, Tasneem Zehra Husain conjures the fly-on-the-wall experience of a... Read More
This fascinating examination of our reaction to change is both impressive and inspiring. Although at first glance it may seem like a New Age self-help book, Dreams of Totality: Where We Are When There’s Nothing at the Center is instead... Read More
Father-son relationships drive both the young protagonist and antagonist on their journey through the digital world. A solid juvenile science-fiction adventure, digi follows computer-illiterate Peter as he acquires the power to... Read More
Memoir marries social science in a profoundly helpful way. Deborah Serani combines her own history of childhood depression with her vast experience as a child psychologist to create an insightful and practical guidebook for parents of... Read More
Linda M. Herman wrote "Parents to the End" to fill a need. Although many books offer advice for parents of young children and teens, few focus on the relationship between adult children and their parents. Herman is a psychotherapist in... Read More