“Nietzche was right. It’s upon the death of those one loves that they become for us a shining star,” admits Maya Ombasic in her memoir, "Mostarghia". Ombasic was twenty-seven years old when her father died—the same age he was... Read More

"At the Narrow Waist of the World" is a compelling account of what it is like to live through turbulence and come out on the other side. Marlena Maduro Baraf’s memoir "At the Narrow Waist of the World" is a deep exploration of her... Read More

Ellen Evert Hopman’s "The Sacred Herbs of Samhain" is a fascinating sourcebook of lore, history, magical methods, and practical information regarding plants sacred to the festival of Samhain. Samhain, observed at the end of the Celtic... Read More

Eerie and otherworldly, Amelinda Bérubé’s "Here There Are Monsters" creeps across the page and into the woods where Skye’s younger sister has gone missing, painting a haunting picture of the sisters’ relationship, but also of... Read More

Laura James’s inventive mystery Fabio, The World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective is packed with clues, talented animals, and colorful imagery. Fabio goes to the Hotel Royal to get a refreshing glass of pink lemonade with his friend and... Read More

Nancy Campbell Allen’s steampunk romance "The Lady in the Coppergate Tower" is a fantasy-laden Victorian era tale whose fascinating world is filled with drama and adventure. In high society London, working class Hazel works and pines... Read More

Will Falk’s touching ode to a major ecosystem "How Dams Fall" personifies the Colorado River. This essay-length book has a big goal: to dramatize the plight of the Colorado River in its fight against human intervention. Falk, who... Read More

Rob Leininger’s "Gumshoe Rock" is a gritty one-two punch of a PI mystery that tracks Mortimer Angel through a tense, gruesome investigation in Reno. Mort is everything a private investigator should be: grim, grizzled, old enough to... Read More