In 1917, Maria Bochkareva commanded the Women’s Battalion of Death, a unit in the Russian army that fought against invading Germany. In Amber Lough’s novel "Open Fire", this episode in women’s military history is the piercing... Read More

Victoria Williamson’s "The Boy with the Butterfly Mind" is a story about acceptance and empathy. In Scotland, eleven-year-old Elin lives with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend, Paul. She thinks that if she can just be perfect,... Read More

"Quiet the Rage" is a jumping-off point for those interested in self-directed anger management; it’s written from a wealth of experience. With instructions for turning anger from an emotional reaction into an empowering action, R. W.... Read More

Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft’s "Meat Planet" is a thoughtful examination of the technological, ethical, and cultural issues swirling around the development of artificial flesh. It’s a quick-witted, journalistic survey of lab-cultured... Read More

"Halo of Power" is an addictive political thriller focused on the biggest sociopolitical questions of our time. Jeremy Holden’s thriller "Halo of Power" continues the adventures of Mal Thomas, the world’s most exciting advertising... Read More

Allen Morris Jones’s "Sweeney on the Rocks" is a quick-witted, dark-humored crime novel whose clever plot twists and morbid sarcasm never let up. Its characters, relationships, and mob-versus-the-law moralities are excavated to an... Read More

Acclaimed First Nations writer Harold R. Johnson returns with "Clifford", a stirring family memoir and a tribute to Johnson’s beloved brother, whose funeral was the impetus for returning to their childhood home. Through wispy images of... Read More

"Intellectual Helplessness in America" is a good guidebook to overcoming current intellectual malaise. Steven A. Danley’s "Intellectual Helplessness in America" sets out to accomplish a Herculean task: to positively impact the ways in... Read More