Ideal for true-crime fans, historians, and library collections, this is a comprehensive picture of Prohibition-era crime. John Binder’s Al Capone’s Beer Wars covers much more than the Capone criminal beat for its intricate history of... Read More

This musical approach to Christian history ignites interest in the story behind Sunday morning hymns. Andrew Gant’s "O Sing unto the Lord" is a fresh and refreshing approach to Christian history, resounding through church music. Gant... Read More

Rocky Boyer’s War is Allen Boyer’s tribute to his father’s service, but the book also stands tall with other scholarly work on the Pacific war. To tell the story of the successful Allied air blitz against the Japanese in the... Read More

This code-cracking exploration will intrigue all those who appreciate the thrill of the chase. Craig Bauer proves an able and entertaining guide to the world of real-life ciphers, codes, and encryption in his fascinating book Unsolved!... Read More

Wesolowski is especially skilled at utilizing the setting to enhance his naturally suspenseful story. Inspired by the podcast Serial, Matt Wesolowski weaves a dazzling fictional mystery in his book Six Stories, told in the form of... Read More

Rulfo’s stories and sketches are absorbing and believable, classically exploring the coarse underbelly of small-town Mexico. Hard luck, cockfighting, and desperation run through Juan Rulfo’s The Golden Cockerel and Other Writings,... Read More

Personal yet universal, complex yet straightforward, these stories deal with grief and stripping away the familiar. Laura Hulthen Thomas ruminates on the harried and heartbreaking minutiae of everyday people in her riveting short-story... Read More

"The Reef" is a multifaceted exploration of human nature and the ways in which people contend with life after loss. “Peterson achieved the American Dream without wanting to attain it, and his success felt like a second annihilation. In... Read More