Painting an impressionistic portrait of a ninety-one-year-long life, this author has written a charming memoir that entertains and inspires. Reading "A Girl from Lyon Mountain", by Esther Casier Quinn, a brilliant ninety-one-year-old... Read More

Pohl has a gift for intertwining storytelling with small bits of profound observation. With "My Five Stones", Susan Darin Pohl has written a cogent and effective memoir that plainly but compellingly relates her development from being a... Read More

Turns of phrase and hints of unique characters will linger in the mind after reading this unusually compelling collection of fragmented short stories. Sitting down with Philip Gaber’s Epic Sloth: Tales of the Long Crawl can be a... Read More

Meticulously researched, sweeping Civil War epic paints a picture of nineteenth-century America as anything but simple black and white. "Run Down the Wind", a romantic historical novel by Laurence Eubank, is a coming-of-age story that... Read More

The arduous journey of a businessman with cancer acts as a spiritual guide in this thought-provoking book. Benvinda Marques’s "Where Am I?", the dramatic story of a powerful, philandering businessman afflicted with penile cancer at the... Read More

Ex-agent says the FBI went astray when it began chasing terrorists rather than criminals. Author Frederic Donner, an FBI veteran who was forced to accept a medical disability leave when he was diagnosed with brain cancer, is a remarkable... Read More

This judicious cookbook artfully describes the best recipes from American brewpubs with savory details. John Holl’s The American Craft Beer Cookbook: 150 Recipes from Your Favorite Brewpubs and Breweries is an information-packed tour... Read More

Walker has a playful way of looking at the physical world that is delightfully entertaining as well as provocative. Quench Your Thirst With Salt, a collection of essays and memoir by Nicole Walker, invites the reader to sit down for an... Read More