Questions about the nature of justice, complicity, and where optimism ends arise in "Odyssey Moscow", a memoir about being persecuted by the Russian state. American investor Michael Calvey’s revelatory memoir "Odyssey Moscow"... Read More

Shelley Fisher Fishkin’s "Jim" is an encyclopedic work of literary criticism that celebrates Mark Twain’s classic. "Jim" contends that readings of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as racist have missed Twain’s use of irony to... Read More

A perfectionist pianist learns to let loose in this melodic picture book. Hannah dreams of being a professional musician, selecting Swan Lake as her piece for a school concert, but she can’t shake a stubborn wrong note. When the wrong... Read More

"Apparently" is a supportive memoir that shares vulnerable stories to reflect the challenging, rewarding nature of being a parent. Sue Dvorak’s heartfelt memoir "Apparently" is about navigating unpredictable parenting challenges with a... Read More

Across more than a century, three women connected by a narrative persist beyond the brokenness of their worlds in "A Line You Have Traced", Roisin Dunnett’s stunning speculative novel. At the end of World War I, brilliant Bea assists... Read More

Joined together, the grumbles of ill-appreciated and misunderstood knickknacks become cacophonous in Elisabeth Saake’s cheeky, delightful gift book "Tchotchkes and Their F*cked-Up Thoughts". Beware your baubles—they’re not content... Read More

Mechanical mystique abounds in Joanna Davidson Politano’s "The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House", a Christian romance novel set against the bleak, beautiful backdrop of early twentieth-century England. Abandoned by her mother at a... Read More

In Pamela Reitman’s bittersweet historical novel "Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life", the German Jewish artist struggles to express herself and survive in the shadow of the Third Reich. In 1939 in Berlin, Kristallnacht shatters... Read More