A Syrian refugee experiences financial difficulties, family separation and loss, and a dangerous sea crossing in this second volume of "Hakim’s Odyssey". Forced to flee Syria, Hakim now lives in Turkey with his wife, Najmeh, and his... Read More

In the gripping fantasy novel "Fable", supernatural elements break into the real world as friendships turn dark and deadly. In Daniel James’s intriguing fantasy novel "Fable", teenagers and drug pushers exist in a gritty world into... Read More

"Lift" is an optimistic work that encourages leaders to depend on their personal resilience and social awareness when it comes to charting their organizations’ next steps. Faisal Hoque’s encouraging leadership book "Lift" looks for... Read More

“Turn the page, and you may give up your entire life” begins "My Annihilation", Fuminori Nakamura’s jigsaw puzzle of a novel exploring themes of connection and consequence through personal identity and responsibility. In a remote... Read More

A husband and wife must reconcile their differing visions of their future in David Joiner’s evocative novel "Kanazawa". Emmitt’s work as an English professor leaves him distressed and disconnected. He believes leaving his position... Read More

After a long retirement and longer life, Sherlock Holmes is dead. Watson inherits his private papers, and a posthumous sorting yields an unexpected treasure: an unpublished manuscript detailing a case in France. Watson, who did not... Read More

Anneliese Abbott’s "Malabar Farm" chronicles the significant history of what was once a small private farm, and is now a state park, recreation area, working farm, and living history site. In the uncertain period before World War II,... Read More

In the romantic fantasy novel "The Crystal Skull", flawed people determine what they are willing to do for love and control. In Daniela Valenti’s fantasy novel "The Crystal Skull", the second book in the Sentinel 10 series, betrayals... Read More