This owner’s manual lets teens kick the tires as they learn to drive their new-model brains. The Owner’s Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain offers fun-filled, easy-to-understand information about how the brain works, grows, and... Read More

Bear imagines a teenage Jesus in this exquisitely penned, believable coming-of-age tale. In The Making of the Lamb, masterful storytelling by Robert Harley Bear vividly brings to life an ancient legend that Jesus Christ traveled to... Read More

In the style of an animated children’s movie, this endearing book captures the voices of two young jungle tots in a power struggle: Who is more terrifying, the mighty tiger or the great crocodile? Sculptor and animator David Derrick... Read More

Mark Nepo’s latest poetry collection is about softening the heart, letting go, while also embracing the whole human experience. Known for his inspirational perspectives on the common principles found across all religious traditions,... Read More

This book presents valuable advice for couples yearning to maintain magic in their marriages. Bedded Bliss: A Couple’s Guide to Lust Ever After, edited by prolific and award-winning erotica writer Kristina Wright, enters bold new... Read More

Tom Thomas’s "The Honshu Pioneer" deserves a wide readership of scholars and students of World War II and military history. "The Honshu Pioneer" was the first American newspaper started by occupying American troops in Japan. In this... Read More

Judith Valente’s story is reminiscent of the Japanese proverb that encourages us to “fall seven times, stand up eight.” What is it about the mystery of monasteries that draws men and women with a suitcase full of questions to their... Read More

This thought-provoking novel about race incites discussion through spirited, well-crafted dialogue. A double negative, according to Teju Cole, the South African novelist who wrote the introduction to this engaging but at times... Read More