"The Enigma House" is magical and intriguing, making it a cozy choice for young readers. Rebecca Rokey’s "The Enigma House" is an inventive young-adult mystery about a family’s move into a strange old house that has rules, and maybe... Read More
This engaging and nontraditional memoir is truly memorable. In "Rip Off Christmas", self-described “drifter” Christmas Philip recounts his colorful life story. Told in the author’s Jamaican patois, the memoir is like pulling up a... Read More
"Coming of Age at the End of Nature" ushers in a new wave of millennial thought on the environment, climate change, and the art of living. This groundbreaking collection of essays, with a foreword by Bill McKibben, features twenty-two... Read More
Ward’s "Figlio di Cassino", with its indomitable young hero, creates an intense appreciation for the human spirit. With "Figlio di Cassino", Ward solidly sketches the tragic years of World War II—and the hardship and deprivation that... Read More
This is science fiction with an epic scope—exhaustively detailed, with an explosive plot and a socially-attuned premise. "Executive", the first novel in D.P. Oberon’s Earth 340K series, is an action-packed, character-driven thriller... Read More
Violent crimes have wide implications, as this work of true crime shows. Angelo J. Kaltsos’s "Music You Will Never Hear" relates the story of the author’s uncle who, in 1946, shot and killed a Boston police officer and was... Read More
A casual tone and serious passion bring a storied heritage to the family table. Chef and television personality Jennifer Brulé appeals to home cooks with a comfort-food theme and creative variations, with Learn to Cook 25 Southern... Read More
Froelich’s Ladder delights with its wit and imagination. Bristling with the bizarre, Jamie Duclos-Yourdon’s Froelich’s Ladder is a fantastical commentary on humanity’s interconnectedness. Wrapped in the trappings of American tall... Read More