"Afternoon Tomatoes" is a satisfying poetry compilation that is charming in its colorful humanness. T. J. Richards’s "Afternoon Tomatoes" is a nostalgic, enjoyable, and earthy poetry collection. Organized alphabetically, poems shed a... Read More

Blackbeard: The Birth of America is a pleasure—a historical adventure that corrects popular assumptions about the fearsome privateer through captivating and cinematic scenes. The name “Blackbeard” once struck fear into the hearts... Read More

Patricia Vigderman’s "The Real Life of the Parthenon" uses Grecian sites as vehicles to explore the meaning that historical artifacts bring to their nations of origin and to the foreign lands that lay claim to them. Growing up in... Read More

"The One Apart" is a complex novel; its beautiful, emotional, and intense writing deals in big questions. Justine Avery’s philosophical fantasy "The One Apart" is intriguing and captivating as it chronicles Aaron’s singular journey... 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