Tate Bertram is handsome, smart, and rich—a golden boy who has lived a privileged life. At just nineteen years old, he is also a gambling addict. After he nearly died while trying to evade a debt collector, his family staged an... Read More

Inspiring themes emerge of cultivating self worth and of the necessity of defending those who are otherwise defenseless. Valerie Fraser Luesse revisits 1960s Alabama with searing clarity in "Missing Isaac", an elegiac tribute to... Read More

Diverse recipes aptly convey both the bounty and the natural Eat Mesquite and More: A Cookbook for Sonoran Desert Foods and Living is an inviting tribute to a region and its naturally delicious cuisine. Recipes fill the bulk of the... Read More

Emotional but never sentimental, "All the Castles Burned" contrasts privilege with working-class struggles for a gripping story of human resilience. "All the Castles Burned" by Michael Nye is a coming-of-age story that is as painful as... Read More

Karen Karbo’s "In Praise of Difficult Women" collects twenty-nine biographical profiles of women who have pushed back, broken the mold, or simply lived on their own terms. The women chosen are eclectic, while the narrative is... Read More

Loss is recounted with unsparing clarity in this important biographical tale. D. W. Duke and Thomas Biebers’s Not Without a Fight: The Story of a Polish Jew’s Resistance is the lucid biography of the courageous Casimir “Cass”... Read More

Snow’s helpful, systematically-organized book is designed to lead readers on a “prosperity journey.” "Prosper Up!" by Larry Snow is a comprehensive guide to achieving prosperity, written by someone who has spent a lifetime... Read More

In Jessica Keener’s "Strangers in Budapest", it’s 1995, and the tech bubble is swelling. The Wall Street Journal is reporting unprecedented opportunity in Eastern Europe, and three Americans—Annie, Will, and their 4-month-old,... Read More