"Take a Left at Tomorrow" is a compelling love story that recreates landmark events of the late 1960s. As the novel opens, Joey, a bright, pretty teenager growing up near the Minnesota Iron Range, juggles her high school classes with... Read More

In a dusky, snowy forest close to town, the world seems quiet, but life still stirs. If you pay attention, the narrator knows, you’ll see the signs: follow the orange flash of the fox, jumping, tracking other burrowing creatures... Read More

Fred Scharmen’s "Space Forces" charts the history of ideas about space travel and living in outer space. What do interplanetary aspirations say about societies, and what ramifications does space exploration have back on Earth? From the... Read More

In Elif Shafak’s "The Island of Missing Trees", a father and daughter reconnect after years of secrecy and a devastating loss. Ada has only ever known her parents: her father, Kostas, and her mother, Defne, who died. Her other... Read More

A girl confronts a ghost and her own sense of self in the graphic novel "Junkwraith". Florence is an ice skater who has lived in bondage to the sport’s demands on her time and energy. One day, she throws away the skates in frustration.... Read More

The death of the world is imminent in Erica L. Satifka’s short story collection "How to Get to Apocalypse", which, flecked with cyberpunk details, explores its many possible endings. Although Armageddon is often projected as an atomic... Read More

Don and Petie Kladstrup’s "Champagne Charlie" is the enjoyable biography of Charles Heidsieck, a dazzling, daring, and adroit French champagne merchant who risked his life and limbs to sell his esteemed bubbly to Americans in the... Read More

A. K. Brackob’s detailed biography chronicles the little-known life of Vlad Dracul—the father of Vlad the Impaler. The literary vampire Dracula has captured the imagination of generations of horror readers. Brackob reveals that Bram... Read More