By centering on a career officer who’s worked almost every district of the city, the book offer a bird’s-eye view of just about every situation imaginable in New Orleans. Scott D. Fenner’s historical novel "Dreux Club Blues" brings... Read More

"Redlined" offers a nuanced look at ordinary Americans during an event-laden era. Linda Gartz’s "Redlined" is an exceptionally rich and readable memoir of family, change, and coming of age in the tumultuous 1960s. While clearing out... Read More

These stories are certain to make those dealing with terminal illness feel less alone. At Death’s Door by Sebastian Sepulveda and Gini Graham Scott provides practical and compassionate insights for health-care professionals, as well as... Read More

Straddling the line between hallucination, magical realism, and the ordinary hormone-fueled weirdness of adolescence, the text is sympathetic and captivating. Two tough, scrappy heroines, one young and the other old, combine to make... Read More

In Pure & Simple, wool artist Maggie Bonanomi turns her rustic-chic design eye to easy projects that can be done at home without special equipment or skills. The book’s seventeen projects reflect the natural world, with items like... Read More

In "Bordered Lives", activist and journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai surveys Western Europe’s refugee camps—primarily in Italy, Britain, France, and Germany—and those seeking asylum there. Many interviews with refugees are included, and the... Read More

Outstanding dialogue and realistic characters illuminate a convincing mystery in Edward J. Delaney’s "Follow the Sun". In coastal New England, tradition-hardened men are up against the sea, a dwindling supply of lobster, and the... Read More

Laura Bernstein-Machlay is a native of Detroit who, after decades away, returned to her home to find it hovering on the brink of massive change. The city, past and present, is the backdrop for her essays. Most of the essays are personal... Read More