In Mary Wimmer’s atmospheric novel "The Art of the Break", a woman inherits her father’s cheese-making business. In mid-1970s Milwaukee, Charlie is having increasing marital problems with Rick, her Vietnam veteran husband. An... Read More

In Kent Quaney’s captivating novel "One Breath from Drowning", pursuits of love and self-fulfillment are complicated by family, religion, finances, and addiction. Sydney is the setting for this detailed story about a thorny romance... Read More

In "Correctional", poet and academic Ravi Shankar reckons with his public fall from grace, which landed him in jail, but also allowed for an inside look at the court system of the United States. Born in Washington, D.C. to Brahmin... Read More

In "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Forgotten House", Nicholas D. Hayes recounts his purchase of a home designed by the famed architect. Located in Shorewood, Wisconsin, the Elizabeth Murphy House is indeed a Wright original, even though Wright... Read More

There are many men that Michael Sadowski has never been, and they all fill the pages of this honest recounting of his personal failures—a heartfelt memoir that ends on a note of hope. Schoolboy, athlete, hopeless romantic, family man... Read More

Marveling over the act of voyaging, Geoffrey Weill’s "All Abroad" is a quintessential travel text. Recalling time tables and hotels, iconic poster designs, and the New York office of the Thomas Cook travel group, the book records... Read More

Setsuko’s Secret is an intense, personal chronicle of the unconscionable internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Soon after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066,... Read More