Full of positive messages about women and aging, "Pearls" is an upbeat collection of folk wisdom. Retired sociologist Dot Nuechterlein’s "Pearls" gathers personal testimonies on aging from over eighty women; the book represents over... Read More

Rick Quinn’s "Just Like Us" presents each of Earth’s great ape species in their natural forest settings through extraordinary photographs and an elucidating, entertaining account of the Canadian veterinary opthamologist’s own... Read More

Sirius Lee isn’t your stereotypical bookish Asian American dude. An outspoken and confrontational comedian, he has popular stand-up albums and appearances in Hollywood blockbusters on his résumé. But underneath the jokes, his wreck... Read More

A teaching tale based on personal experience, Pandora’s Box is a sprawling novel that works to cover humanity’s major physical and spiritual developments. Alan Davis’s Pandora’s Box is a fantastical bildungsroman that elevates... Read More

"Stranded in the Wild" is an emotional coming-of-age adventure with a positive message. Gary Rodriguez’s "Stranded in the Wild" is a riveting, character-driven adventure that pits a diverse group of adolescents against the treachery of... Read More

The characters in Jeremy T. Wilson’s excellent short story collection "Adult Teeth" are all facing significant life changes, and the outcomes are consistently surprising, entertaining, and revealing. In “It Don’t Get No Better Than... Read More

Philip Connors has previously written about his many years as a fire lookout in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest. His new memoir, "A Song for the River", reflects not only on the wilderness, but also on the lives of those who are... Read More

“By all accounts, moving from place to place helps one to locate a space, a home inside oneself,” Ming Holden claims. Whether or not, or to what degree, she believes this is a central motif in her memoir, "Refuge". Twining an arc of... Read More