"The Journey through Graduate School" is a useful guide that should help anyone understand the challenges associated with attending a graduate program. Linda Marcuccilli’s... Read More

"Finding Sylvia" is a thoroughly modern romance, both deep and complex. Alan Shayne’s "Finding Sylvia" is an unexpected romance, both a universal reflection of searching for... Read More

Music fans will be fascinated by this very personal deep dive into the real life of the blues. For years, Benny Turner was the slim, understated bass player who stood in the... Read More

This novel shows that selfishness may lead to great power, but that power still requires selfless responsibility. David Castello’s The Diary of an Immortal is an engrossing... Read More

With themes of sacrifice and the search for beauty amid tragedy, this novel lingers in idealism. In "Remembrance of Blue Roses", a divorced United Nations civil servant forges... Read More

This young adult novel brings notions of self-acceptance to the fore, against an exciting 1970s background. A fragile young woman attempts to put the pieces of her life back... Read More

From the first to last page, this action-packed, exciting mystery is never dull. “I’m no good at this.” This utterance from weary protagonist Wesley Palladin, as he... Read More

Meisel’s absorbing work keeps pages turning and minds churning, and his ability to combine the technological with the personal makes him an author to watch. William Meisel’s... Read More

Lighthearted satire and high-tech devices meet in There’s an App for That. Advances in software and gadgetry are often met with a certain degree of public mania. In the mind... Read More

An Arizona lawyer trades her cutthroat office for a Barcelona “sanity break” in this charming debut. In Petula Parker’s debut novel, Kate’s Escape from the Billable... Read More