During this enjoyable and educational recording, it becomes clear that the people of North Korea are slowly becoming their own saviors. Listening to Caroline McLaughlin’s engrossing audio recording of Jieun Baek’s book North... Read More

These practical essays offer hope to those who believe they must suffer silently and alone. David Bedrick’s "Revisioning Activism" seeks to right individual and social wrongs through writing. This wide-ranging collection examines... Read More

Impellizzeri does well with the small details that make her characters feel like real people. In "Secrets of Worry Dolls", Amy Impellizzeri winningly weaves together the stories of a mother and daughter, using large-scale tragedies to... Read More

Honest, strong, and bold, Emily Christensen writes from the heart to point out how the system can fail to protect those in its care. Keeping Kyrie: A True Story of Faith, Family and Foster Care, is the story of Emily Christensen’s... Read More

Respect, trust, and, ultimately, love between two men of different species is rendered compelling and utterly believable in J. A. Rock’s "The Silvers". B., captain of a small mission to investigate intelligent life on a far-flung... Read More

"Falling Like Ember" is solid and complex, a story of troubled love that comes complete with a dash of the paranormal. A study in contrasts, Christina L. Schmidt’s "Falling Like Ember" is the gritty yet whimsical romance of two young... Read More

This vibrant historical novel honors the Plains Indians, imparting much information even as it touches the heart. Inspired by a family mystery and stories of Americans living anonymously in Canada, Murray Harvey’s fictional... Read More

In an artful book that questions reality and perception, Martha Beck offers a portrait of a woman at the brink of both despair and discovery. Diana Archer is a single, struggling mother who embarks to the Sierras Oscuras National Forest... Read More