The Pacific Crest Trail winds its way between the Mexican and Canadian borders, challenging and inspiring trekkers with its deserts and streams, dense forests, and rugged mountain slopes. In "Crossing Paths", editors Rees Hughes and... Read More

A collaboration project between Grammy award-winning musician Alanis Morissette, screenwriter Diablo Cody, producer Glen Ballard, and Eric Smith, "Jagged Little Pill" takes on the promises and shortcomings of contemporary social justice... Read More

"Unleashing the Power of Respect" is an engaging self-help book that examines the value of respect in one’s life and interactions. Psychiatrist Joseph Aaron Shrand’s timely, enlightening self-help book "Unleashing the Power of... Read More

Mark Powell’s "Lioness" is a haunting literary thriller that probes an emotional and spiritual quest for meaning amid despair. Two years after the death of their seven-year-old son, David learns that his estranged wife, Mara, is... Read More

With propulsive energy, Davin Goodwin’s murder mystery "Paradise Cove" covers a wave of violence on a tropical island, Bonaire. R, a retired detective, runs a small hotel on Bonaire, where he pursues scuba diving and tries to put... Read More

A young couple confronts feelings of fear, loss, grief, and love in Jordan Crane’s transcendent graphic novel "Keeping Two". Tense from arguments and traffic, Connie and Will arrive home and make a deal: he’ll wash the dishes in the... Read More

"The Boy Who Took Marilyn to the Prom" is a novel about the strength of nostalgia, and the problems that sustained reminiscence can lead to. In Henry Massie’s nostalgic novel "The Boy Who Took Marilyn to the Prom", two men reflect on... Read More

Chad Orzel traces how human concepts of time have changed over millennia in "A Brief History of Timekeeping". Today, “what time is it?” is a basic question with an accessible answer: all one has to do is look at a clock. But the... Read More