In his debut novel, Martin Skogsbeck combines medical science with romantic obsession and melodrama to create an engaging and educational story. French neurologist Redan “Red” Palleago narrates this book as an overt plea to find his... Read More

For anyone who has ever longed to see one of those hatemongering, rightwing blowhards get their comeuppance, Robin Lamont’s "Wright for America" is that revenge fantasy come to print. The author has crafted a delightful, if at times... Read More

What does it feel like to be an illegal immigrant? Tom Milton addresses this question directly in "The Golden Door", a book written in the voice of Maya Mendez, a young Mexican woman who has spent fifteen years living in the US. She’s... Read More

“Life don’t take prisoners,” a boozy, washed-up screen legend tells a young man trying to break into the film industry in the late 1990s. “Success is mostly luck, kid. That and showing up.” The main character of Brendan... Read More

Ezekiel: Every Life Positioned for Purpose is a ten-week daily study of the biblical book of Ezekiel. Interspersing discussion and comprehension questions with historical context and personal insight, Erica Wiggenhorn provides readers... Read More

“Welcome to Dubai, the dream city of every jobseeker from the subcontinent.” That is the greeting delivered to one of the key characters of this novel, which the author says “commingles” the facts of his personal experiences with... Read More

History is often the account of great events and broad social movements. But, James Srodes, author of "On Dupont Circle", has a slightly different approach to examining the genre: “Anyone who reads much history has to be struck by how... Read More

“I don’t have to be happy,” realizes the hero of Pavel Kostin’s It’s Time: Writing on the Wall, a novel recently translated from Russian into English by James Rann. The story details the meanderings of an acutely introspective... Read More