Marie Deans was a strong writer, and her words have an immediacy that nicely contrasts with the thorough biography of her life. For about three decades, Marie Deans devoted herself to fighting the death penalty, first in South Carolina... Read More

When "After the Bloom" opens, Rita Takemitsu is, once again, cruising the streets looking for her mother, Lily. But as time passes with no sign of Lily, a new urgency infuses the old familiarity. Fourth-generation Japanese-Canadian... Read More

Personal yet universal, complex yet straightforward, these stories deal with grief and stripping away the familiar. Laura Hulthen Thomas ruminates on the harried and heartbreaking minutiae of everyday people in her riveting short-story... Read More

"The Charm Buyers" is a thought-provoking insight into a time of cultural change. "The Charm Buyers", by Lillian Howan, is a novel about family drama and expectation, cultural assimilation, and the mystical sense of ancient ideas that... Read More

The perfect escapist romance, this is a guaranteed pleaser with plenty of spicy details. Christina Frank’s Fifty Shades-inflected romance "Good Girl" is surprisingly sweet, with plenty of blush-worthy scenes that keep the pages... Read More

It’s Not Like I Knew Her shares the important and oft-neglected history of lesbian bars in twentieth-century America. Pat Spears’s It’s Not Like I Knew Her is a vivid account of a young lesbian living in the deep South from the... Read More

Full of interesting anecdotes and behind-the-scenes peeks, this book is an authoritative resource in television marketing. Andy Bryant and Charlie Mawer’s "The TV Brand Builders" is an insightful look at television brands and how to... Read More

In this harrowing novel, a young woman survives incredible violence with her inner purity intact. Richard Roach’s "Never a Woman" is a story of intense violence and enduring love. Utilizing simple language to take on difficult topics,... Read More