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Otter Country

by Kristen Rabe

In her beautiful, mesmerizing memoir "Otter Country", Miriam Darlington traces her year-long exploration of rivers, estuaries, and marshlands in Great Britain in search of the provocative, secretive otter. An entrancing storyteller,... Read More

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Presence

by Michele Sharpe

In Brenda Iijima’s multilayered science fiction novel "Presence", interspecies and interdimensional communication is transcendent. On toxic Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, people from different chronological dimensions coexist,... Read More

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Searching for Home

by Danielle Ballantyne

Noa the house-sprite can find just about anything—except a friend. With a hat, a sandwich, and boundless determination, he leaves to find a home with friends. Along the way, he meets a bear, a ferret, and a wolf; the quartet’s search... Read More

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The Divine Proverb of Streusel

by Karen Rigby

A heartbroken woman who’s estranged from her father confronts her relationship fears while exploring German cooking in Sara Brunsvold’s homespun Christian novel "The Divine Proverb of Streusel". Though her boyfriend, Isaac, is eager... Read More

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Escaping Nature

by Kristen Rabe

"Escaping Nature" is an illuminating, practical resource that summarizes the potential threats of climate change and recommends actionable steps to prepare and respond. While most books on climate change call for sweeping global and... Read More

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Pacific State

by Joseph S. Pete

Grant Price’s cyberpunk thriller "Pacific State" follows a revenge assassination scheme in future-set, corporation-dominated Berlin, where skyscrapers loom over a devastated environment. Mia is a crusading mercenary; Owen is a former... Read More

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