Inventive and original comedic touches make this riff on fantasy standards a satisfying read. Tiger BlackHawk’s morality-fueled fairy tale "The BlackHawk Meets the Tiger" is an entertaining and humorous fantasy mash-up in which a... Read More

The subject matter in itself is daunting, even frightening, but MacGibbon’s courage and comedy make "Fierce, Funny, and Female" a winner. Being funny is a survival skill. Marti MacGibbon’s incredible memoir "Fierce, Funny, and... Read More

Extensive research and an injection of personality make this a definitive biography of the most underrated Beatle. Richard Starkey evolved from working-class roots and a sickly childhood to becoming one-quarter of the most famous... Read More

A fast-paced, politically savvy potboiler, "Deadly Cold" is a quick and engaging read. A series of apocalyptic natural disasters plunges Earth into a deep freeze in Jed O’Dea’s "Deadly Cold". Two fugitive scientists, Maya and Tucker... Read More

Through his pull-no-punches writing style, Brown acknowledges that sometimes things are not quite as they ought to have been in our conflict-ridden world. Most people consider themselves lucky to find and establish themselves in a career... Read More

An interesting, readable update on ancient alchemy, this murder mystery will appeal to science, as well as history and literature, buffs. Bringing alchemy into the twenty-first century, "Pearinella" begins with a mysterious woman, the... Read More

Picture yourself in the early twentieth century, fully alive and engaged with the modernist movement’s flowering in the arts, literature, and psychology. Here’s the catch: imagine that the Father of Modernism, Sigmund Freud, didn’t... Read More

There’s intrigue, murder, ethics, religion, romance, an international setting, and characters you really come to know and care about. Erec Stebbins nails it with this book. Just when you think you have the recipe down for international... Read More