In "Little Jimmy Brown", James Brown shares the highs and lows of growing up in an orphanage in the 1940s. At the beginning of the book, Brown’s birth mother, Georgia, tells her own story. She falls in love with a sailor (her sisters... Read More

Deborah Price’s "The Heart of Money" is a book that aims to teach couples how to achieve a level of comfort dealing with financial matters—but it goes much deeper than that. Price, who founded the Money Coaching Institute and... Read More

These more than one hundred recipes from Kate Harvey and her father, Karl Zinsmeister (along with photos by son/brother, Noah), focus on crops from the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. The family shows its appreciation for the... Read More

Poet, essayist, literary historian, and educator, George Venn is a recognized figure in Western US literature. His works have won numerous awards, and his third book, Marking the Magic Circle, published in 1988, was honored by the Oregon... Read More

The vital Buddhist Heart Sutra is a slight two-page text, but it somehow encapsulates a vast storehouse of wisdom and guidance. Despite its brevity, the principles have proven to be impenetrable to many. In an accessible and charming... Read More

“The self is just a story in our thoughts,” declares ALA award-winning author Dale Carlson. Fortuitously, our stories are something that we have the power to change. This conviction is at the center of Understand Your Self, her... Read More

Monty Newport’s "Tuff Guy" is one of those rare books with a cover that accurately portrays the stellar qualities of its contents. The captivating line-drawing caricature of “Tuff,” as Newport’s adopted stray dog comes to be... Read More

This legal thriller, focusing on how a convoluted pair of cases affect courthouse staff and criminals alike, benefits from the insider perspective provided by Linda Rocker, a legal professional. Casey Portman is a bailiff with the West... Read More