Wrenching and raw, "The Warsaw Anagrams" by Richard Zimler is an historical suspense novel as unique as it is compelling. The book’s narrator is the ibbur (Hebrew for “ghost” or “spirit”) of Erik Cohen, once a well-respected... Read More

Explorers looking for an accessible, comprehensive naturalist guide to Wisconsin forests will be happy to read Beyond the Trees: Stories of Wisconsin Forests, by Candice Gaukel Andrews. While many nature books and field guides seek to... Read More

With conflicts in oil-producing countries, natural disasters worldwide, and economic uncertainty in the US, we’re living in delicate times, believes first-time author Wendy Brown. Rather than simply hoping for improvement, she argues,... Read More

If fiction is moved forward by getting its characters into deeper and deeper trouble, then George Rabasa’s latest novel is a speedy little car, following the misadventures of two lovable misfits. Thirteen-year-old Adam Webb falls in... Read More

Author Kelly J. O’Grady puts faces and personalities to individual soldiers in this historical novel that is based on the true story of the 54th Massachusetts, the Union’s first Negro unit of the Civil War. On a stage in... Read More

“I teach only two things—suffering and the end of suffering,” said the Buddha. Through the Dharma—truth or path to truth—he explained that suffering originates in the clinging mind, and that suffering is released by an... Read More

Offering a new perspective on America’s food culture, Dave DeWitt’s "The Founding Foodies" explores the food “scene” of the early United States, mixing recipes and images with a studied history of colonial Americans’ farming... Read More

Many stories will likely be written about the financial meltdown that threw the US and ultimately the world into a wrenching recession. But few books will zero in on two banks or one town as does Rick Rothacker’s compelling story,... Read More