Eerie and unsettling, Masatsugu Ono’s novel "At the Edge of the Woods" is a disturbing family story and a surreal tale of a world torn apart by disaster. An unnamed father and son live in their isolated house near the woods. The mother... Read More

In the latest entry in David Cole’s Math Kids series, math whizzes Jordan, Justin, Stephanie, and Catherine are swept up in high-level intrigue as they unravel a particularly puzzling riddle. When the tale begins, the fifth-grade... Read More

David Wharton’s evocative photographs capture defining aspects of the American South, documenting haunting farmlands and wild landscapes and edgy juxtapositions of human-made and natural details, both beautiful and ordinary,... Read More

A piercing novel about death, grief, and the lengths people will go to escape them, Ella Baxter’s "New Animal" is not for the faint of heart. Amelia, a cosmetic mortician with her family’s mortuary business, is a clinical woman who... Read More

Joe Dator combines humorous cartoons with fun, behind-the-panels extras in his collection "Inked". Some of the book’s cartoons were first printed in The New Yorker; others have never been published before. Entries of both kinds spark... Read More

"The Ultimate Wealth" is a gentle and approachable introduction to principles of positive thinking. Chen Gong Wah’s engaging and allegorical self-help text "The Ultimate Wealth" serves as a primer on the power of positivity. The... Read More

"Baby Bomb" is a wise, entertaining, and compassionate relationship survival guide for new and expectant parents. While many parenting guides focus on infants and are geared toward raising healthy, well-adjusted children, "Baby Bomb"... Read More

"Eat Your Rice Cakes" is a practical health text that will be useful when it comes to identifying stumbling blocks to medical change. Written for patients and health care providers, Margaret Weiss’s personable health text "Eat Your... Read More