What makes the book work are the same things that propel Aronoff’s music: a steady beat, impeccable timing, and always hitting hard. Kenny Aronoff shares his inspirational, cautionary, and captivating story of reaching the highest... Read More

Controlling her own chronic illness through diet led Australian Sophie Manolas to a career as a clinical nutritionist. Manolas’s zeal for good food and good health drives this book in its exploration of sixty common superfood... Read More

Women have assumed presidential power before, as this compelling portrait of Edith Wilson shows. Has America already had a woman president? William Hazelgrove’s Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson makes a compelling... Read More

This intensely readable and engaging mystery is full of rich cultural details. A thriller set in modern-day Sacramento, Pete Liebengood’s "Rendez-Vu" is an emotional page-turner focused on contemporary journalism and its relationship... Read More

Reynolds delivers solid information with a touch of fairy spirit that will come across as charming even to those who don’t lean toward the mystical. Mary Reynolds’s "The Garden Awakening" works to show that trying to claim too much... Read More

At its heart, the story bears a message about the ongoing conflict between economic and social classes. In "Of Crime and Passion", the latest novella from Jonathan Harnisch, a proud young man seeks to transcend his underprivileged... Read More

G. B. Trudeau shows why he’s been a fixture on the comic strip pages for over forty years. "The Weed Whisperer" is the newest collection of his Doonesbury strips. The title refers to longtime character Zonker’s plan to move to... Read More

Tischendorf’s meticulously detailed account reveals the criminal justice system at its best during a time when much is being made of its failings. “There is no word in the English language to describe a mother who has lost her... Read More