"Season of the Dragon" is a fascinating and mysterious fantasy novel that follows a grieving woman’s quest. In Natalie Wright’s fantasy novel "Season of the Dragon", a woman goes on a quest to avenge her father’s death. Quen is not... Read More

The universe is strange and wonderful, as Jillian Scudder reveals in "The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries", a book that balances its reverence for science with respect for its audience’s intelligence. Did you know that the moon... Read More

Mournful, yearning, and reflective, the essays of S. L. Wisenberg’s "The Wandering Womb" wonder through Jewish women’s realities in the diaspora. Wisenberg—the descendant of Russian Jews who immigrated to the American South in the... Read More

Lifelong stargazer, amateur astronomer, and astronomy columnist Tim B. Hunter’s "The Sky at Night" is a trove of mind-boggling facts and astounding mysteries that will captivate astronomy sophisticates and children alike. The book,... Read More

Set in Newfoundland, Violet Browne’s evocative, lyrical novel "This Is the House That Luke Built" is about a woman from a small fishing village who loses her husband at sea. The novel traces fifty years in Rose’s life via brief,... Read More

In Tegan Nia Swanson’s mystery novel "Things We Found When the Water Went Down", three generations of women seek to protect a damaged world. In the midst of a blizzard, Marietta is accused of murder and escapes custody almost as fast... Read More

The weight of trauma and secrets brings a family to their breaking point in the connected short stories of Toni Ann Johnson’s "Light Skin Gone to Waste". The Arrington family has high aspirations. Phil, a psychologist, wants to have a... Read More

Century’s Witness is Mary Llewellyn McNeil’s behind-the-scenes biography of a respected newsman. One of Wallace Carroll’s greatest gifts as a journalist was his timing. Fresh from journalism school in Milwaukee, he was the first... Read More