Carole Bumpus’s culinary travelogue "A September to Remember" is written in the inviting voice of a learner. Bumpus’s exploration as an American abroad will draw in those who hunger for travel as much as they hunger for flavor. For... Read More

"Have Fun in Burma" follows Adela, just out of high school, through her summer of self-discovery. No pizza binges and thoughtless beachside flings for this heroine, though. Rosalie Metro’s earnest young lead is up for more of a... Read More

When Barbara Amaya was eleven, she ran away from her suburban Virginia home, where she had been sexually assaulted by both her father and her brother. Her early teen years soon became a nightmare of prostitution, drug addiction, jail... Read More

A time-hopping actor in Tinseltown searches for life’s deeper meanings and a meeting with Marilyn Monroe. Touching upon existential themes such as the nature of life, second chances, and the purpose of choices, former actor Rick Lenz... Read More

The first career path chosen doesn’t always take you where you expect. If you’re open to the possibilities, it might lead somewhere even better. That is the message offered by Terence English, who started out in the diamond mines of... Read More

In the spirit of such inspirational authors as Norman Vincent Peale, Napoleon Hill, and W. Clement Stone, John Paul Carinci has written a classic self-help book centered around achieving success. The author discusses all of the basics,... Read More

Andrew Stark may only have intended, in "Drawing the Line", to discuss how Americans use concepts of public and private to frame public policy debates, but he has pulled the curtain back on a much more sinister process. This book offers... Read More

This galactic adventure is centered around Shiloh, the star of a sci-fi television hit Stargeant Guard, who appears to be living the life of a teen celebrity in Los Angeles. In actuality, Shiloh and her costar Spud are undercover agents... Read More