The first of a new series, "Enter by the Narrow Gate" follows a Detroit police detective and an Orthodox monk as they strive to solve two harrowing new mysteries in Santa Fe. Measured and restrained, the novel’s prose is rich with... Read More

"Tricks Every Boy Can Do" offers a meditation on how family both molds and transforms us. The contentious relationship between two identical brothers takes center stage in Paul Buchanan’s "Tricks Every Boy Can Do". People are defined... Read More

Perhaps the first serious collector to recognize photography as a worthy art form, Samuel J. Wagstaff acquired more than 26,000 photographs between 1973 and 1984, often with the assistance of his one-time lover Robert Mapplethorpe. His... Read More

Exploring the roles and expectations of childhood onward, The Philosophy of Childing: Unlocking Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason through the Wisdom of Our Youngest challenges conventionally accepted views of aging and age-appropriate... Read More

"Gibraltar" is a semihistorical novel with a unique and provocative narrative. Gibraltar: The Conquest of Iberia is Shariq Ali Khan’s historical, sometimes fantastical, treatment of the Moorish invasion of Spain in the early eighth... Read More

This charming mystery novel says those who are always around you make the truest kind of family. Debra Goldstein’s "Should Have Played Poker" is an intriguing mystery novel that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Until her mother... Read More

Beautiful passages of this novel reflect the emotional impact of music upon young people’s dreams. David Clapham’s "The Special and the Ordinary" tells the story of two friends as their lives unfold from the 1950s to the present day,... Read More

Survival and human resourcefulness are explored in this entertaining cross section of life in Angola. José Eduardo Agualusa presents a novel that turns self-preservation and fear into a prismatic exploration of survival. "A General... Read More