In Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Peggy Ehrhart’s cozy novella collection "Christmas Card Murder", strong women follow holiday clues to solve crimes in their communities. Nothing spices up the holidays like getting the gal pals together... Read More

The sleepy streets of a small Texas town bleed more than just Southern charm in "The Bitterwine Oath", a feminist coming-of-age story with a supernatural twist. Nat just wants to enjoy her last summer before she and her friends scatter... Read More

Collection editor Dale Peterson calls his experiences with elephants in Asia and Africa “among the most transformative” of his life. The heartwarming, heartrending essays of "Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant" reveal the... Read More

Kevin Dann’s "Enchanted New York" is a historical walk down Manhattan’s magical memory lane. Revealing Manhattan to be a site of protracted enchantment, the book’s eight chapters are named for the type of magic and spiritual... Read More

As it controverts stereotypes regarding the formidability of villains and the fragility of senior citizens, Caroline B. Cooney’s mystery novel "Before She Was Helen" is a delight. Clemmie is a resident of Sun City, a retirees’... Read More

Of the many positive things to say about Buddhism, the most meaningful may be that Buddhists readily admit that life is very, very hard. By facing that fact head on, rather than denying or ignoring it, Buddhists can quickly get on with... Read More

"Forty Fathers" profiles forty Canadian men whose engaging discussions concern the contemporary meaning of fatherhood. To give men an intimate look into the lives of other fathers, and to inspire change for the better, the text gathers a... Read More