In Wendy Voorsanger’s novel "Prospects of a Woman", a woman travels to Gold Rush California, where her New England upbringing, femininity, and traditional role are challenged. In California, Elisabeth and her husband Nate discover that... Read More

The fabulist translated Yiddish tales collected in "Honey on the Page" speak with grace to the tensions and joys of Jewish life. Both didactic and celebratory, the collection first concerns itself with stories about Jewish holidays,... Read More

California’s history of racist legislation against Black Americans is brought to light in Lynn M. Hudson’s "West of Jim Crow". Attracted by the promise of economic opportunity and freedom from enslavement and Jim Crow, Black... Read More

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess’s account of her youth during the Bosnian War is a timely personal testimony on the strictures of survival. Gripping and achingly humane, "The Cat I Never Named" captures what it means to face an ideological tide... Read More

"The Trouble with Love in the Movies" is an engrossing memoir filled with familiar lessons and new and exciting people and places. Expert storytelling and social understanding lend a clear direction to the whirlwind world of filmmaking... Read More

Featuring concrete, actionable techniques, "The Leader Launchpad" is a complete guide for accelerating businesses’ growth. Drawing upon real-world wisdom and proven techniques, Howard M. Shore’s leadership manual "The Leader... Read More

In Robert McCaw’s winding thriller, a conflicted cop wrangles a conspiracy and a family emergency. When a volcanic vent explodes under an elementary school, it leaves ten children dead. There is evidence that people knew about the... Read More

In a purgatorial village that’s dwindled to nine members—all of whom were traumatized in a mountainous “city of suffering”—change is brewing. Shawn Smucker’s "These Nameless Things" is an enigmatic allegory on post-traumatic... Read More