Spurred by the infamous Riesenstein Hoax, Katie Ives, editor of Alpinist magazine and a passionate climber, investigates cartographers’ art through history, unveiling the mysterious imaginary peaks, blank spaces, and nonexistent land... Read More

Joe Mulhall’s "Drums in the Distance" documents growing alarm from a two-decade fight against far-right extremism. A blend of journalism, history, and memoir, "Drums in the Distance" serves as a dramatic warning of the resurgence of... Read More

Family, parenthood, and belonging are at the center of Jacqueline Friedland’s heartwarming and thought-provoking novel "He Gets That from Me". Donovan and Chip have successful careers and a beautiful home—all they could ask for,... Read More

In Marlin Barton’s historical novel "Children of Dust", a family struggles with the repercussions of the death of their newborn. In the 1880s in Alabama, Rafe has multiple families. He’s married to Melinda, with whom he has five... Read More

A hearty “bless your heart” to those who misunderstand the South, the essays of Margaret Renkl’s Graceland, at Last vivify an often maligned region. Renkl is one angle of the face of the changing South: she cares about the... Read More

With consuming literary passion, Janet Todd’s complex novel combines the past and the present together with the living and the dead. Fran is a widow who spent her life immersed in teaching, reading, and gardening. Her retirement (and... Read More

Gritty Liverpool sets the mood for Caroline Smailes’s "The Unwrapping of Theodora Quirke", a most unusual Christmas tale. Nineteen-year-old Theodora (Theo, please), while grieving the death of her boyfriend, Gabe, lives in Dante House,... Read More

"Vector Zero" is a gripping thriller in which a small town faces the perfect storm of catastrophes. In Bryan McBee’s pandemic thriller "Vector Zero", a disease threatens a small town. Shelly, who was abused by a boyfriend, took action... Read More