A young man reckons with racism, slavery, and his family’s history of trauma in the revealing novel "Ghost Gun". In cc Eck’s layered novel "Ghost Gun", a mixed-race family grapples with the complexities of intergenerational trauma... Read More

Questions of identity and historical continuity dominate in "Masks of God", an intricate historical fantasy novel. Set in the fourteenth century, Arnold Hermann’s grounded fantasy novel "Masks of God" concerns supernatural beings,... Read More

Amplifying its explanations of how nursing homes function with recommendations for navigating their complexities, "Beyond Bedrails and Bingo" is an informative social science text. Drawing on personal experiences working at nursing... Read More

An Irish immigrant yearns for freedom, revealing her most secret hopes in letters to friends and would-be lovers, in the historical novel "Dear Missing Friend". In Susan McGuirk’s epistolary novel "Dear Missing Friend", letters go... Read More

About achieving personal success without losing sight of one’s values in the process, "Making It Without Losing It" is an encouraging self-help resource. Jess Ekstrom’s incisive career guide "Making It Without Losing It" is about... Read More

Cataloging personal joys and sorrows as they relate to family members and friendships, "Before You Were Everything" is a memoir that evinces hunger for life. Mya Fort-Marshall’s humorous memoir and self-help book "Before You Were... Read More

A girl goes on a magical global adventure in The Little Explorer’s Words, a cross-cultural celebration of language. For budding logophiles, Evi Triantafyllides’s whimsical picture book The Little Explorer’s Words highlights unusual... Read More

The subtle proverb-based tale Wings & Roots weaves wondrous cultural connections between nature and humanity. An entrancing illustrated literary tale, Capella Cao’s Wings & Roots utilizes Chinese proverbs to tell the story of... Read More