"The Canyon" features a narrator with exceptionally observant powers struggling to find his place in the world. Scotty, the fourteen-year-old narrator of Stanley Crawford’s novel "The Canyon", is a keen observer of life. “Life” in... Read More

"Finding Abbey" intertwines both biography and memoir, and Prentiss does an admirable job of giving equal consideration to both. In Finding Abbey: The Search For Edward Abbey and His Desert Grave, Sean Prentiss retraces his search to... Read More

Everyday life in the American Southwest makes for an apt landscape for this coming-of-age novel of family secrets and maturing love. In Sophie’s House of Cards, teenage Sophie’s loud-mouthed whimsy and fragile attempts at sincerity... Read More

Averill captures the essence of Christmas as a woman struggles to hold onto her rituals. Cheery yuletide traditions are hampered by modern-day distractions in "A Carol Dickens Christmas" by Thomas Fox Averill, a charming story that... Read More

The rich history of numerous cultures is revealed in this in-depth investigation into the tortilla. Paula E. Morton investigates the history of the tortilla from its roots in ancient Mesoamerica to its presence in modern society. Along... Read More

Whether more of Africa’s burden of suffering results from the Western imperialism that destroyed the continent’s traditional governance systems, depleted resources, and destabilized tribal societies, or from age-old local... Read More

The author runs a website called Bad Girls Press, which offers public relations advice to “intelligent, creative & wise women,” and “promotes Bad Girls and the positive work they do.” That’s a clever hook to attract... Read More

Though the coyotes that so magically appear and disappear to the startled residents of this small community near Albuquerque, looming like silent totems, are not quite trespassers, a few locals bluster in letters to the newspaper that... Read More