Covering her extended stay in Portugal, Esmeralda Cabral’s memoir "How to Clean a Fish" is infused with insights and sensuality. Informed by the Portuguese concept of saudade (a wistful, transient sense of longing; “love and loss... Read More

An overachieving chef learns to embrace loss as a chance for renewal in Suzanne Woods Fisher’s Christian romance novel "The Secret to Happiness". Twenty-eight-year-old Callie is fired from her job as a hotel chef due to a food... Read More

Norman Ravvin’s "Who Gets In" uses a family immigration story to expose Canada’s bureaucratic practice of white nation building despite claims of multiculturalism. Ravvin’s grandfather, Yehuda Yosef Eisenstein, came to Canada’s... Read More

In A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World, veteran nature writer David Gessner uses powerful examples of environmental devastation to show myriad ways in which climate change is altering areas across the United States. The book... Read More

In Georgina Clarke’s entrancing historical novel "The Dazzle of the Light", bold Londoners find themselves connected by crimes. In 1920, Ruby’s movie-star good looks and talent for hiding her Cockney accent make her one of the best... Read More

Set in a colorful parallel world, the fantasy novel "The Byways" follows a girl who gets lost in order to find herself. In Mary Pascual’s exciting fantasy novel "The Byways", a lost girl gathers courage as she pursues self-discovery in... Read More

In Jen Williams’s atmospheric thriller "Games for Dead Girls", supernatural powers are hidden within the limestone caves of southeast England—and within the psyches of adolescent girls. Charlie was at the center of a horrific crime... Read More

"Campfire Stories Volume II" is a lively, thought-provoking collection of essays and poems that represent diverse perspectives on national parks and trails. This volume highlights five national parks and two trails via pieces like George... Read More