A girl journeys into the unknown American West with her family, facing danger and loneliness with the bravery of a pioneer. Friendship, bravery, and hard truths about love and loss are central themes in this story about twelve-year-old... Read More

Crisp and visual imagery, brisk and humorous dialogue—this novel’s prose will capture the attention of those interested in San Francisco’s hippie history. Michael Castleman’s "Killer Weed" is a nostalgic remembrance of the... Read More

Memoir of Zen Buddhist debunks myth of the monk as a person who has sacrificed a “juicy” life, with dark humor and an exploration of anger and deviance. This slender collection of essays is a showcase for Haubner’s abilities as a... Read More

Who would want to kill Anita Tavares, the representative of a world-famous AIDS charity based in Stockholm? What was she hiding in the luggage that went missing on her trip to the Dominican Republic? How did French journalist Mathieu... Read More

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, once a quantum chemist studying subatomic reactions, was, according to author Gar Smith, “an outspoken advocate for a nuclear renaissance.” But, on March 11, 2011, Merkel, like most of the world,... Read More

In the era of Big Pharma and the never-ending search for better, more targeted drugs, it is easy to forget that the age of pharmaceuticals is still relatively young; the first effective antibiotic, penicillin, was only discovered in... Read More

A teenage Nina Hamberg lies in her divorced parents’ old bedroom, trying to reason with a man who has crept into bed with her and threatened her with a knife. When offering to go to the kitchen and make him a cup of coffee only... Read More

“It is a human weakness, remembering,” says the narrator of “Stitches in Air,” one of twelve tales in David Helwig’s collection, all of which revolve around the issue of memory. Every character suffers a loss that leaves... Read More