This is a book that deals honestly with the sharp edges of guilt, remorse, and aftershock common to survivors of traumatic events. The vast tragedy of the Holocaust is brought to heartbreaking life in Jeff Ingber’s reality-inspired... Read More

This is storytelling in the tradition of Irwin Shaw or Howard Fast, full of vivid characters and rich detail. Dudley James Podbury’s "The Sons of Silas McCracken" is an accomplished and highly readable saga that traces the ambitions,... Read More

This novelization of a true story is valuable and memorable for its portrait of a troubled life redeemed. Laura Rosek’s gritty and readable memoir-cum-novel "Misunderstood" focuses on growing up in the lower tier of Britain’s working... Read More

Earth may be the solution for two otherworldly forces battling for control in this richly plotted fantasy novel. Wizards and sorcerers battle for control of the planet Rados in the well-written and richly imagined Magic Teacher’s Son,... Read More

This historical novel draws on its own sense of time and place to re-create first-century Galilee in vivid detail. The first century of the Common Era springs to vivid life in Anne McGivern’s accomplished and engrossing novel, Danya: A... Read More

"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

Paul Bunyan is reimagined as a man, not a myth, whose personality is giant but whose challenges are all too human. Myth and plausible reality merge seamlessly in "Paul Bunyan", Darryl Wimberly’s fictional account of Bunyan as a mortal... Read More

These are sophisticated coloring spaces for adults and teens seeking relaxation. Joining the ranks of the popular new selections of adult coloring books is Lana Sajaja’s "Relaxing Doodles". As the title suggests, the focus of the book... Read More