Marianne Monson is an excellent storyteller whose research fills in the gaps regarding women and the Civil War in "Women of the Blue and Gray", centering on those who rebelled against expectations. The book covers women who flouted norms... Read More

Bryan Hurt’s sensibility is unusual and hard to describe, but that’s what makes the eighteen stories that form his debut collection, "Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to France", worthwhile. There’s a great deal of variety here, in... Read More

In "Kompromat", Jeff Pegues, who covers justice and homeland security for CBS News, offers a chilling, cautionary investigation of the cyberwar between the United States and Russia, one that serves as a wake-up call for citizens and... Read More

"Your Happiness Was Hacked" is an incisive, timely book that uncovers the dark side of technology and suggests how to use it mindfully. Academician Vivek Wadhwa and technology writer/consultant Alex Salkever are unafraid to share their... Read More

Illusions and ghosts populate Sara Gallardo’s stories, collected here in "Land of Smoke". These are tales in which a dream come true—a cozy retirement among the flowers; the ability to fly—is apt to quickly become nightmarish, and... Read More

When Jay Martin’s husband accepted a three-year diplomatic post in Poland, she left her own thriving career to join him. Her memoir opens a fascinating window on what it’s like to adapt in a country halfway around the world. Humorous... Read More

Gray Basnight’s "Flight of the Fox" is the ultimate paranoid thriller—a major page-turner dedicated to one wrongfully accused man’s flight from the law. This is a big-league ride from start to finish, and at its core, it discusses... Read More

Romance isn’t dead, it’s just mortified. The hilarious new anthology Condoms and Hot Tubs Don’t Mix is a collection of laugh-out-loud, weird, and scandalous personal stories of sex gone wrong. Movies, television, and pornography... Read More