"Crossruption" issues an invitation to forget what religion teaches, and instead become saturated with the transformative word of God. “The next decade will see a radical transformation in every area of life on a scale unmatched... Read More

In the tradition and spirit of Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, "Saving Tarboo Creek" describes the long, patient process of restoring a natural landscape to its original healthy state, modeling both ecology restoration and... Read More

"America Invaded" is a fun jumping-off point for discussions about history. "America Invaded" by Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock offers an intriguing tour of past conflicts waged on American soil, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.... Read More

Colorful historical settings and insights into immigrant experiences result in a meaningful, satisfying story. A colorful saga of the wild days of the California gold rush, "Robbing the Pillars" by Kalen Vaughan Johnson chronicles... Read More

The images evoked in this reframing of vampire legends are both familiar and strange. Lee Markham’s cross-genre "The Truants" pulls no punches in its paradigm-shifting treatment of vampire legends. An unnamed man sits on a park bench... Read More

Hodel persists with grace in this continuing story of Tevye’s second daughter. Alexandra Silber’s acting credits include rounds on Broadway and in the West End as two of Tevye’s daughters in Fiddler on the Roof. Hodel, the... Read More

Wine aficionados and teetotalers alike would savor the well-reported true crime tale where FBI stands for Fake Bottle Investigators. Peter Hellman’s "In Vino Duplicitas" is a heady, intoxicating book that shines a light on the esoteric... Read More

What’s revealed in these stories, as so often in life, is that “the only thing separating well-being from danger [is] a line in the sand.” Don Waters’s second short-story collection, "The Saints of Rattlesnake Mountain", is a... Read More