Academic, expert, and spiritual, the essays of Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic take a compelling trek through a variety of magical traditions. The essays are organized geographically, beginning in the northeast... Read More

Knowing the difficulties involved in documenting enslaved people’s lives, Nancy Koester made multiple trips to sites where Sojourner Truth lived and traveled; she also analyzed her dictated letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts in... Read More

"Meet Dave Lassam, the Man for the Job" is an anecdotal memoir that gathers interesting tales from a man’s military life. Retired sailor Dave Lassam’s expansive memoir "Meet Dave Lassam, the Man for the Job" is about his four decades... Read More

The searching novel "Out of Wedlock" is about people’s overlapping and conflicting allegiances and committed relationships. A man discovers his true identity with the help of friends and lovers in Larry Lockridge’s novel "Out of... Read More

Irish singer and songwriter Paul Brady’s memoir "Crazy Dreams" is his mesmerizing account of “sleepwalking” toward folk greatness. Born and raised in a gray space between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic to parents from... Read More

In the sixteen sumptuous historical stories of Leah Angstman’s "Shoot the Horses First", outsiders and pioneers face disabilities and prejudice with poise. An orphan shipped from Brooklyn to Illinois hopes to meet the right adoptive... Read More

An island’s history is a metaphor for change in the historical novel "Islomanes of Cumberland Island". Infused with historical details, Rita Welty Bourke’s novel "Islomanes of Cumberland Island" tells the story of a family’s... Read More

"Nipper" is a nostalgic novel in which a boy’s childhood fades into late adolescence. In Peter Massam’s coming-of-age novel "Nipper", a boy who lives in a small town takes a growing interest in sports and girls. Told in vignettes,... Read More