Romance gives way to reality, and vivacity to human fragility in this novel about rebuilding a family after a loss. The novel that won Paul Cavanagh the spot as the first-ever... Read More

The careful dance between the worthy and the regrettable helps the narration maintain balance, even as its characters careen toward their own ruination. The latest novel from... Read More

Contextualizing Dickinson’s work, Gilpin reveals both a reverence for her poetry and a skill in exploring new meaning. W. Clark Gilpin’s new take on the enigmatic giant of... Read More

Cohen says he’s found who’s responsible for conflict in the Middle East. Sam Cohen’s lengthy work, Future of the Middle East—United Pan-Arab States, seeks to illuminate... Read More

Skyscrapers is a satisfying, and often surprising, work of crime fiction. Jill Wilson Brennan’s novel, Skyscrapers, is a fast-paced tale of corporate intrigue that weaves... Read More

This detailed, sometimes shocking memoir of an LA cop pulls no punches on crime and punishment. Retired officer Lawrence J Rupp writes about his years in law enforcement,... Read More

This book is partly an intelligently organized and fascinating survey of religious and scientific responses to the unknown. Soviet expat and accomplished physician Michael... Read More

The Chemistry of Tarot is a curious, arcane volume of spiritual exploration that issues seductive calls. Babette Leeper condenses a lifetime of learning and meditation on the... Read More

Exploratory fiction at its most powerful and intelligent, Maker will challenge and reward all those who have ever wanted to believe in almost anything. Erec Stebbins concludes... Read More

Rabbi Robert Marx presents an intricate picture of the variety of Jewish identities and addresses the question of what Judaism becomes without the challenge of social... Read More

In Herzl, readers meet a visionary driven by a desire to preserve human life and dignity, not only for Jews, but for those with whom he hoped they could share a land. From... Read More

Naegeli covers a great deal of territory in an effort to synthesize, and broadly understand, the world’s major religions. World traveler Gurdev Naegeli’s debut, Whose Heaven... Read More