As the title Manhattan: Seeds of the Big Apple suggests a fascinating story takes root in Gloria Waldron Hukle’s first novel. Examining family history New York native Hukle recreates the lives of her ancestors eleven generations... Read More

Cancer is no laughing matter—except when it is, says the author in her latest novel. As a breast cancer survivor herself, Walker, a chick lit writer (Dreaming in Black and White; Dreaming in Technicolor) translates her own experience... Read More

“I believe in everything until it’s disproved,” said John Lennon. “So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind.” Whether or not fairies exist only in one’s mind, this photographic... Read More

“Casual Sex on the Road” might be a better description of this graphically descriptive book on sex and the traveling woman. From the first page, which contains a quick index for locating the “Hall of Fame sex travelers” stories... Read More

“I remember the nest that hatched me,” begins this gentle, powerful debut novel, setting up the quiet power that will tremble throughout the work. “My mother lined it carefully with the fleece of human and sheep, mane of horse,... Read More

When Casey Costello’s boyfriend announces that he wants a break from the relationship, her mother starts making cannoli. “Making cannoli was her way of acknowledging there was a ‘situation,’” Casey tells the reader. From the... Read More

When Mister Giotto runs into trouble trying to finish his Nativity fresco in the Scrovegni Chapel, young Mario dreams up a wonderful solution in this holiday-inspired introduction to the work of Italian Renaissance painter Giotto di... Read More

Western medicine appears to be at the height of its powers—impressive technology, huge building complexes dedicated to its practice and pursuit, a mind-boggling pharmacopeia—but preoccupied with curing, it appears to have lost touch... Read More