The “perfume” of Sallie Tisdale’s work will be enticing to all readers enamored of the essay form. Sallie Tisdale has lately emerged as one of America’s foremost essayists, with work regularly appearing in Harper’s, the New... Read More

Think men have it easy? This well-researched book takes a hard look at the struggles facing modern males. The women’s movement continues to strive for equality, so men must have it pretty great in today’s society, right? Wrong, says... Read More

An enthusiastic immigrant journeys to New York from Ireland in this vibrant period piece. Kristina McMorris’s novel "The Edge of Lost" is an engaging and suspenseful story about a young Irish immigrant looking for his real father in... Read More

This is a great addition to the historical nautical-adventure subgenre. "Tyger", by Julian Stockwin, finds the dashing Captain Thomas Kydd struggling to survive epic sea battles, protect his nation and allies, and root out a mutiny... Read More

Set during a pivotal time in Europe, this thriller is a vivid mix of political intrigue, religious fanaticism, and cold-blooded murder. The sixth book in Sam Eastland’s Inspector Pekkala crime series moves deftly back and forth between... Read More

In this fabulous memoir, Hayden traces her coming of age in terms of her breasts, from flat-chested adolescence to motherhood to breast cancer and a double mastectomy, taking readers full circle into her second life. For a story that... Read More

The safety of two worlds—both equally complex and populated by equally interesting characters—is at stake in this exciting story that will pique the curiosity of mechanically minded kids. Clunky robots, centuries-old mysteries, and... Read More

The Walking Dead meets House of Cards in this entertaining, tongue-in-cheek thriller. A stealth infestation of malicious, intelligent zombies pervades the White House—and, soon, the world—in Todd Richardson’s "The Undead... Read More