Scariano’s teenage recollections are graphic but tempered with genuine humor—not an easy feat when the subject is human waste. John Kevin Scariano captures all the irreverence and sarcasm one would expect from a teenager working in a... Read More

This suspenseful novel contains a subtle message about how power could be used for good. In Glorious Incorporated: The Joshua Chronicles, by Steven Neil Moore, what starts as a corporate recruiting competition for the services of a young... Read More

Shakespearean plot and a complicated hero make this authentic samurai tale exciting. Like James Clavell’s epics of Japanese history, prolific author Peter Bailey’s "Taiso" is a superb example of its genre. With its seamless blend of... Read More

This scrapbook biography of primary documents creates an encompassing portrait of a soldier, his family, and a war. A scrapbook created by the author to understand his brother’s death in World War II, Moonlight Over England is an... Read More

This translation of Baudelaire’s masterpiece is a successful gateway to the French poet’s dark, affecting work. Charles Baudelaire has a special place in the history of poetry as perhaps the first poet to fully embrace the darker... Read More

A different kind of coming-to-America tale illustrates irrationality of everyday life. If you’ve ever walked in the woods, you may have seen a bramble—a shrub with prickly, thorny branches. They’re difficult to walk around (much... Read More

A Bible Study Investigation into Our Relationship to God and into “the Time of the End“, by Trevor Pope, is a focused look at one view in the wide arena of end-times prophecy and thought. In the book, Pope shares his thoughts on the... Read More

The author of this enjoyable adventure gives middle-grade readers exactly what they are looking for: action and relatable characters. "The Minotaur Riddle" is the second book in The Discoveries of Arthur Grey series by V. K. Finnish.... Read More