The memoir "By the Hand of God" graduates from health crises to spiritual realizations in a moving way. Wendi Landis-Talkington’s inspiring memoir "By the Hand of God" is about battling illness and pain through faith. Just before... Read More

Southern culinary historian and chef Michael W. Twitty’s "Rice" celebrates a global and Southern staple with recipes rooted in tradition and tweaked to meet the times. Rice, Twitty notes, “changes outfits well to suit the party.”... Read More

First published in 1995, Minae Mizumura’s "An I-Novel" was Japan’s “first bilingual novel;” this translation maintains its original tone and cross-cultural resonance. In the mid-1980s, the narrator, Minae, sips whiskey while... Read More

In Jane Rosenberg LaForge’s dark thriller "Sisterhood of the Infamous", two sisters contend with a grisly killing, and their lifetime of resentment boils over. When she was younger, Barbara hungered for fame. She went from the... Read More

A little girl who wants playtime to never end learns the importance of darkness and rest in "What if Night?" Rich blues and purples form a peaceful backdrop for nocturnal animals and insects, contrasting with the bright white of the moon... Read More

In addition to teaching college-level geology and paleontology, Donald R. Prothero is committed to debunking fallacies and conspiracy theories, and his book "Weird Earth" uses logic to refute fringe beliefs about the way the world works.... Read More

Dakota McFadzean’s story collection To Know You’re Alive is deliberate, creepy, and wonderful. These stories might be called haunting or disturbing, but that loose description doesn’t do justice to their subtle and graceful... Read More

John McNally’s excellent short story collection "The Fear of Everything" includes nine tales of subtle terror. Beginning with “The Magician,” this book marks its territory: it specializes in a kind of removed, intellectual suburban... Read More