In "Pets at the White House", Jennifer Boswell Pickens offers a delightful series of anecdotes and photographs of our nation’s First Pets, creating an endearing volume that will appeal to animal lovers and presidential theorists alike.... Read More
There are versions of the South that sell glossy magazines. And then there’s the South itself: a little bit grittier, a little less polite. More fighting and less showering, more guzzling and less sipping As editor Tom Franklin... Read More
What does it feel like to be deaf? This is the question Wendy Kupfer sets out to answer in Let’s Hear it for Almigal. A child with doting parents, many friends, and two “lickful” dogs, Almigal knows she is surrounded by love and... Read More
To whom do tragedies belong? Griffin Hansbury’s debut novel introduces us to Jonah Soloway, a lonely New York copy editor who is haunted by lost moments and missed opportunities. He can’t shake an autumn memory of his thumb blotting... Read More
What does man fear most? What insecurities lead him to pursue, conquer, and destroy other men, new territories, and even his own environment? Thomas M. Lister believes that one force lies beneath many of man’s most destructive... Read More
It is popular these days to write a book claiming that this system or that institution is broken. Often times these revelatory books are delivered in shrill and accusatory language. The writer identifies the bad guys and offers draconian... Read More
Tailored to a teenage female audience, "The Book of Styling" insists from the get-go that perfect style does not exist. “Style is about the journey, not the destination,” explains Somer Flaherty. “The key to enhancing your own... Read More
Lyndsey D’Arcangelo’s young adult novel "The Education of Queenie McBride" follows two teen lesbians from wildly different backgrounds as they search for acceptance—within themselves and the world around them. Pudge is a... Read More