Precise prose incites reflection—of life, of death, of dueling identities. In form and content, "The Book of Duels", Michael Garriga’s debut, is an outrageously original... Read More

Journalism, memoir, and adventure meld together to add clarity and ethos to the story of a Congolese community’s efforts to conserving the bonobo ape. Insightful, important,... Read More

Deserving of readers’ interest and sympathy, these two girls transform miraculously under the gifted hand of Joanna Higgins. In Joanna Higgins’ first novel for young... Read More

Esther Lustig, anti-Golden Girl and heroine of "Being Esther", is coping with senescence. Her children are dismissive. Her late husband haunts her. Her friends have died,... Read More

A novel that revels in the nuances of ordinary lives, crafts beauty from loneliness, and will make readers fall back in love with good writing. The people of Words, Wisconsin,... Read More

In the summer lake town of Excelsior, Minnesota, sixteen-year-old Garnet Grace Richardson comes face-to-face with the adult world of possibilities and danger. Set in 1926,... Read More

Whipping up the sequel to Discovering Pig Magic, Julie Crabtree blends themes of friendship and authentic emotions with the addition of some real recipes in The Crepe Makers’... Read More

Soldiers come home from wars with all kinds of wounds, some visible to strangers and some hidden so deeply that even close friends can’t discern the damage until it’s too... Read More

“Here are cool shadows and silence and stone, tile painted by the fall of light through stained glass.” James Dressler has sought refuge in the Catholic Church since his... Read More

Begin reading with The International Code of Signals, published by the Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Start with symbol titles, “I Have Taken the... Read More

Labeled an eco-terrorist, racist, and sexist, Edward Abbey managed with his writings to offend as many as he inspired. Known for his radical environmentalism, Abbey also... Read More

“The land, our very lives, are parched and flooded by turns, perched at the bank of the river where the ground keeps crumbling away. And there we balance.“ The author is... Read More