Based on the early life of Bob Dylan, Baron Wormser’s "Songs from a Voice" is a meditation on the nature of poetry and identity in the evolving culture of America’s mid-twentieth century. Abe grows up in lower middle class Jewish... Read More

"On Cold Iron" is an outstanding historical and technical study of an avoidable human tragedy. "On Cold Iron", Dan Levert’s history and critique of the 1907 collapse of the Quebec Bridge, starts with an extended account of the Ritual... Read More

Beyond the Maldives is an archipelago containing fifty-six islands clustered in seven atolls, the Chagos. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the inhabitants of these islands became permanently homeless. Shenaz Patel’s "Silence of the... Read More

This fast science fiction novel works toward love and peace as scientists battle to save humanity. In David Levin’s optimistic science fiction novel "Phase Rider", humanity’s survival is threatened. A wave of destructive energy is... Read More

"Smart, Successful and Abused" is an important contribution to discussions of abusive relationships that shares resources for leaving and recovering. Shocking statistics and heartrending personal stories shatter common beliefs about... Read More

Like a blinking yellow traffic light for the soul, Rebecca Brewster Stevenson’s Christian inspiration book "Wait" seeks meaning and hope in expectation, reimagining waiting as a prayerful avenue to finding God’s grace. Sometimes God... Read More

Twists and turns abound in Lisa Naffziger’s teen suspense thriller "Minus", in which a college bound heroine finds her life unraveling around her. Beck is driving to the University of Chicago with her father, Gill. He seems like a... Read More