Personal memoir, travelogue, and history combine in María Sonia Cristoff’s "False Calm", a journey that peels back the layers of the ghostly fog blanketing Patagonia to reveal engrossing complexity. With quiet introspection, Cristoff... Read More

A ventriloquist walks into a doctor’s office. No, it’s not the setup for a great joke. Bob Baker’s wonderful, funny, friendly book The Performance of Medicine: Techniques from the Stage to Optimize the Patient Experience and... Read More

Stanfa-Stanley’s zany exploits serve as a reminder of how rewarding it is to push your self-imposed limitations. Major midlife changes often drive folks to new hobbies, travel, or volunteering. Or maybe to buying a convertible. Not so... Read More

Marylee MacDonald’s wide-ranging short-story collection finds its settings in foreign lands and distant places around the world, from a beggar’s apartment building in a maze-like neighborhood on the outskirts of Prague, where a... Read More

Slatton has created a beautiful, heart wrenching tale of humanity during the Second World War. When her beloved Ariel is lost, the angel Alia chooses to fall, taking on a human body in Paris on the eve of war. She befriends the city’s... Read More

Readers will get lost in Madelyn’s brooding narrative and pressured life, feeling the chemistry with her young teacher. In her third book, Amanda Grace has once again created a thoughtfully drawn female who will make readers want to... Read More

Intimate, vulnerable memoir chronicles Cuban-American cultural anthropologist’s coming-of-age as she travels the world in search of “home.” “However much I long for the island I once called home, I’m not beholden to any one... Read More

Anthropologist challenges notion that human ancestors were defined by “killer ape” aggression; weapons reflected problem-solving abilities. In his new book, "Rough and Tumble", anthropologist Travis Rayne Pickering argues that, while... Read More