Unfortunately, for all the fire-breathers out there who also love a good book, dragons and libraries just don’t mix, and Julie Gassman will tell you why in "Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library", a rhyming misadventure through the... Read More

"Falling Like Ember" is solid and complex, a story of troubled love that comes complete with a dash of the paranormal. A study in contrasts, Christina L. Schmidt’s "Falling Like Ember" is the gritty yet whimsical romance of two young... Read More

With its rare dual focus on the throes of romance and the acrimony of a breakup, this collection is a reminder that all relationships have a shadow side. In his poetry collection Love’s Reflections, Ian Harding contrasts the emotional... Read More

See’s voice is warm but informative—she’s sharing what she knows but not telling women what to do. Pregnancy is a time of joy, wonder, and unsolicited—even coercive—advice. The Field Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating New Territory... Read More

Things of Absolute Importance is an amusing work from a provocative author determined to challenge his audience. This is not a self-help book. The author, Haim Shapira, makes that clear from the beginning. Instead,"Happiness and Other... Read More

The courage of a dying woman who still seeks her own spiritual truths highlights her humanity. Based on the writer Katherine Mansfield’s short but intense residence at the Prieuré at Avon, which taught an esoteric spiritual discipline... Read More

Daring narrative styles and bursts of philosophy make the maybe-love story within "Two Green Otters" a fascinating trip. Buket Uzuner’s "Two Green Otters" is a story of love and ennui in which a mysterious protagonist struggles to... Read More

"The Adjustment League" is both a literary tour de force and a deft psychological thriller. Mike Barnes’s "The Adjustment League" weaves together elements of a psychological drama and a noir thriller as it follows a nameless man who... Read More