Dario Diofebi’s novel "Paradise, Nevada" is as sprawling and colorful as its setting: the Las Vegas Strip, a four-mile-long cluster of hotels and casinos that attracts millions of tourists and gamblers from around the world. The main... Read More

In the historical novel "Quest for Revenge", a man reconsiders his beliefs, even as the times move away from his way of thinking. In RLK’s sweeping historical novel "Quest for Revenge", a betrayal forces a Musketeer to reconsider the... Read More

Historically, to speak of gardening necessitates a subtle, but quite important, uncoupling from agriculture, summed up in the idea of beauty. From ancient myths to cave paintings and recorded literature, we know that the earliest... Read More

Rich and expressive, the short stories in "A Little of This/A Lot of That" inspect the microcommunities of 1910s Jewish New York and a small Southern town. Robert Joseph Foley’s book of experimental short stories "A Little of This/A... Read More

In the exciting fantasy "Dwarf Story", the mythical world intersects with our own as a legendary war draws near. In W. W. Marplot’s imaginative middle grade fantasy "Dwarf Story", humans and mythical creatures prepare for an epic... Read More

Pragmatic, philosophical, urgent, and inclusive, "Introduction to Transgender Studies" is a crucial introduction to an important area of study. As new fields of academic study emerge, tracking their new findings, upcoming theories, and... Read More

"The 53rd Card" is a heavy but rewarding spiritual fantasy. Virginia Weiss’s intensely character-driven "The 53rd Card" chronicles a damaged woman’s attempts to understand her life’s meaning. A life filled with trauma and loss... Read More

"Frescoes by the Bay" is a two-volume visual tour of the wealth of fresco murals in the San Francisco area. Karen Norton-Sinell provides detailed research and extensive commentary about the frescoes’ history, composition, iconography,... Read More