An appealing novel, "World of Dawn" employs themes of good and evil, courage and cowardice, and guilt and absolution. Thoughtful characterization and intriguing world-building come together to make Shawn Gale’s World of Dawn: Arise an... Read More

Hart deftly describes the life of an alcoholic and the challenging but rewarding life of recovery. From journeying down the road to priesthood to dinners with the Clintons to sex-fueled crack addiction, Jim Hart has truly lived a life of... Read More

This assertive guide presents ways in which happiness can be achieved through following specific rules. “Always put yourself first in order to be happy now, and later enjoy life,” writes Narayan Aryal in The Highway to Happiness... Read More

The first of a new series, "Enter by the Narrow Gate" follows a Detroit police detective and an Orthodox monk as they strive to solve two harrowing new mysteries in Santa Fe. Measured and restrained, the novel’s prose is rich with... Read More

"Tricks Every Boy Can Do" offers a meditation on how family both molds and transforms us. The contentious relationship between two identical brothers takes center stage in Paul Buchanan’s "Tricks Every Boy Can Do". People are defined... Read More

Perhaps the first serious collector to recognize photography as a worthy art form, Samuel J. Wagstaff acquired more than 26,000 photographs between 1973 and 1984, often with the assistance of his one-time lover Robert Mapplethorpe. His... Read More

Exploring the roles and expectations of childhood onward, The Philosophy of Childing: Unlocking Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason through the Wisdom of Our Youngest challenges conventionally accepted views of aging and age-appropriate... Read More

"Gibraltar" is a semihistorical novel with a unique and provocative narrative. Gibraltar: The Conquest of Iberia is Shariq Ali Khan’s historical, sometimes fantastical, treatment of the Moorish invasion of Spain in the early eighth... Read More