The fantasy novel "Maiden Hills" is filled with action, adventure, and an endearing heroine whose social awakening is satisfying. In N. L. Estrada’s medieval sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel "Maiden Hills", a young queen wrestles with... Read More

"The Meaning of Life" is an ambitious self-help work about achieving personal satisfaction. Nathanael Garrett Novosel’s philosophical and scientific treatise, "The Meaning of Life", suggests means of finding greater fulfillment. The... Read More

"Light of Day" is a thorough social science study about the pervasiveness of sexualized violence. In her timely social science study "Light of Day", Janet A. McDonald challenges everyone to reconsider what they think they know about... Read More

Jaymi’s pursuits are a revenge fantasy taken to the next level, with moral and ethical quandaries wound in. Magical realism meets old school noir in Rohan Quine’s technological thriller "The Beasts of Electra Drive", which poses... Read More

Brian Blum, a technology journalist, characterizes the Israeli company Better Place as “perhaps the most spectacularly failed technology startup of the 21st century” in his novel-like business story, "Totaled". Blum tells the tale of... Read More

This is a gem of a story that could be another of literature’s coming-of-age character studies. Dave Gioia’s "A Girl with a Bad Reputation" is a simple story with complex undertones. Colleen Hanrahan is a sixteen-year-old girl coming... Read More

This epic narrative of Italian immigrants in America is entertaining and insightful. Raffaela Marie Rizzo’s "Thank You for the Shoes" is a realistic portrait of a young man’s quest to make something of himself as an immigrant in the... Read More

This historical novel shows what daily life was like for women whose husbands were away at war. Hope Moore’s "Cruise Widows" tells the story of five Navy wives and the lives they lead while their husbands are away on a nine-month tour... Read More