A Series of Fortunate Events / Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You / Sean B. Carroll / Princeton University Press / Hardcover $22.95 (200pp) / 978-0-691-20175-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / A Series of... Read More

Jerusalem as a Second Language / Rochelle Distelheim / Aubade Publishing / Softcover $19.95 (292pp) / 978-1-951547-06-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Rochelle Distelheim’s absorbing novel Jerusalem as a Second... Read More

Earth Almanac / Ted Williams / Storey Publishing / Softcover $16.95 (256pp) / 978-1-63586-283-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / “Writing about experiences afield is a way of reliving them,” environmental reporter Ted... Read More

The Sisters of Straygarden Place / Hayley Chewins / Candlewick Press / Softcover $16.99 (208pp) / 978-1-5362-1227-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Hayley Chewins’s fantasy novel The Sisters of Straygarden Place is... Read More

Afterlife Crisis / Randal Graham / ECW Press / Softcover $17.95 (432pp) / 978-1-77041-470-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Randal Graham’s raucous, wry, and philosophical sequel to Beforelife, the divine Author’s... Read More

A Very Big Problem / Amy-Jill LevineSandy Eisenberg SassoAnnie Bowler, illustrator / Flyaway Books / Hardcover $18.00 (40pp) / 978-1-947888-11-1 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / With the biblical story of creation as... Read More

Golden Gate Jumper Survivors Society / Ross Wilcox / 7.13 Books / Softcover $18.99 (150pp) / 978-1-73336-724-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Ross Wilcox’s offbeat, engaging short story collection, Golden Gate Jumper... Read More

The Meaning of Soul / Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s / Emily J. Lordi / Duke University Press / Softcover $25.95 (224pp) / 978-1-4780-0959-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Nostalgia-fueled interest in retro... Read More