With this group of colorful characters, readers can become immersed in Patterson and O’Connell’s detail about oil-drilling work. Drilling for oil is a rough job, and the novel "Roughnecks", by James J. Patterson and Quinn O’Connell... Read More

This enjoyable mystery set in a historically accurate Chicago features a strong sense of time and place. In Frances McNamara’s "Death at Chinatown", an accusation of murder against a young woman exposes a much larger mystery within... Read More

Targeting Language Delays serves as a handy tool for adults who work with children with special needs. Written by a speech-language pathologist whose experience includes working with special-needs children, Targeting Language Delays: IEP... Read More

Themes developed across stories and apparent in letters and essays comprehensively illumine the philosophy of Jewish feminist writer Hava Shapiro. Writing primarily in Hebrew around the turn of the last century, Hava Shapiro was among... Read More

Twists on the noir genre avoid predictability while remaining true to character and sense of place. You Don’t Know Me collects twenty short stories by James Nolan, half of them from his previously published collection, Perpetual Care,... Read More

Ullrich’s photos and essays capture the tension between tradition and modernity in classic state fairs. The idea of a state fair evokes a certain sense of nostalgia, and nostalgia is a theme resounding throughout Kurt Ullrich’s... Read More

A fictionalized account of the Louisiana Purchase helps us visualize an interesting and complex time in history. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 involved deft negotiations between the United States, France, and Spain and featured the... Read More

Anecdotes of the LGBT Jewish experience bring emotion into how people perceive their religious community and identity. Since it was founded in 1973, the New York-based Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) has served as a progressive... Read More