"Intruders" is a solid and suspenseful adventure with satisfyingly complex themes and vividly imagined protagonists. The “ancient aliens” theory gets new life in Zhen Lyu’s challenging but imaginative fantasy adventure novel,... Read More

Advanced poetics are at play in this work that is both a tribute to the land and a moving exploration of family ties. The Texas plateau known as the Staked Plain occupies thousands of square miles, and may have a memory just as vast, as... Read More

It all started with a visit to a garden run by local college students; seeing the colorful heirloom tomatoes, Charles Mann planted his own and began pondering how tomatoes are emblematic of New World species that spread around the globe.... Read More

Right from the beginning of "Former", Stueve sets the scene of a dark, difficult, and uneasy normality, one in which all humans look at each other with suspicion. A. E. Stueve’s extraordinary new novel, "Former", is set in a... Read More

A young woman finds love and possible redemption in this novel about survival and recovery. Marchela Wells’s "Rising from the Ashes" is a romance with elements of a classical thriller that relates the tragedies of a young woman’s... Read More

Decock is an intellectual up to the task of challenging some of our most cherished notions of democracy. Yves Decock’s compelling disquisition, "Liberal Quicksand", will be a hard pill to swallow for lovers of liberal democracy. But in... Read More

In this harrowing novel, a young woman survives incredible violence with her inner purity intact. Richard Roach’s "Never a Woman" is a story of intense violence and enduring love. Utilizing simple language to take on difficult topics,... Read More

This incredibly valuable book shows that healthy eating and exercise are natural, desirable choices. Nathalie Plamondon-Thomas’s "Think Yourself Thin" is a remarkable book that addresses weight loss from a fresh angle. Rather than... Read More