Bergthold’s description of the weather, hardships, loneliness, and even boredom of a rough winter trek through Nevada creates a unique portrait of mental toughness. There are authors who tell tales of adventure and those who take... Read More

Well-organized for situation-to-situation perusal, this guide to childhood safety blends tried-and-true methods with contemporary content. We’re advised to listen to our elders for a good reason: they have more experience than us, and... Read More

Poignant and often funny, this ode to her psychiatrist and friend asserts August’s gift of empathy. A patient and her psychiatrist each struggle with devastating illnesses in V. C. August’s tender and moving memoir of a love that... Read More

Born with a curse, tested in love and war, this Moon Child shines a light on life through much of the twentieth century. Supposedly born under a curse in a poor rural Mississippi community, Melissa Dukes rises beyond her neglected... Read More

With multidimensional characters and effective dialogue, this murder-mystery sequel keeps us enthralled to the end. This clever, modern thriller is a study in contrasts. Gruesome images such as a human head impaled on a public park fence... Read More

“Stretchers not available—repeat not available. To what use would they be put?” Such is the answer an incredulous Dr. Jim Rickett received when he asked British army headquarters for equipment to aid the wounded in a makeshift... Read More

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the best-known and most beloved of the Arthurian Legends. To modernize it and move it from fourteenth-century England to twenty-first-century Nebraska is no small feat of hubris, but it is one... Read More

Family man Kevin P. Martin loves 1980s music—and The Beatles and The Doors, too, it appears. In his clever, if gimmicky, new novel, "Tainted Love", Martin introduces an unlikely cast of characters whose dialogue consists of nothing but... Read More