"Rough Justice" is a character-driven thriller in which a couple takes great personal risks in order to protect a vulnerable woman. In Burt Weissbourd’s thriller "Rough Justice", a case of stolen identity prompts investigators to stop... Read More

Dutch journalist Pieter van Os’s "Hiding in Plain Sight" is the biography of Mala Rivka Kizel, the only person in her Orthodox Jewish family to survive the Holocaust, which she did by passing as a gentile in Poland and Germany. Born in... Read More

"A Darker Wilderness" is a remarkable collection of essays regarding generational experiences of the natural world. These ten essays expand the boundaries of nature writing with emotive narratives from brown, Black, and queer... Read More

Adam McHugh’s "Blood from a Stone" is a memoir that brims with love for wine. Heartfelt, candid, and unsentimental, McHugh’s story is about how the challenges of ministry fueled his passion for wine—in a good way. It begins with... Read More

Louise Omer’s "Holy Woman" is an earnest memoir based around informal pilgrimages to meet women faith leaders in search of a spirituality free of men’s domination. Drawn by a charismatic pastor and rock concert-like revivals, Omer... Read More

Cary Fagan’s "The Animals" is a gentle burlesque in which bureaucratic whims alter the downward trajectory of a nondescript, struggling tourist town. After the brief defiance of a semester spent studying architecture, Dorn succumbed to... Read More

An observant girl navigates adolescence in a vibrant neighborhood in Chelene Knight’s coming-of-age novel "Junie". In 1933 in Vancouver, Junie and her mother, Maddie, move to the East End, a neighborhood teeming with life and color.... Read More

A native of New Orleans with a PhD in English, C. W. Cannon brings his perspective to the city, the South, and race in his essay collection "I Want Magic". With eloquence and keen analyses, Cannon defends New Orleans as complex and... Read More