Viliam Klimáček’s historical novel is both heartbreaking and hopeful as it shares the stories of families displaced by the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. When the Warsaw Pact countries invade Czechoslovakia in August of 1968,... Read More

In 1994, Ashten Geddard, the front man of the popular UK band the Ashbirds, disappeared while attempting to climb Mount Everest. That’s how Roz Morris’s excellent novel "Ever Rest" begins—before jumping eighteen years into the... Read More

Karen Hofmann’s skillful, visceral novel "A Brief View from the Coastal Suite" follows a family through the early days of a financial crisis. Though the 2008 financial crisis strikes Vancouver hard, the Lund siblings find ways to... Read More

In Ruth Gilligan’s rich historical drama The Butchers’ Blessing, ancient traditions clash with the forces of modernity. In the 1990s, Una is the daughter of a Butcher, one of eight men who tours the Irish countryside, catering to... Read More

Linda Schweizer’s "Cosmic Odyssey" is a thrilling account of the cosmological discoveries of the past century that “pulls back the curtain” on the brilliant, eccentric scientists who achieved those breakthroughs. This exceptional... Read More

In Julian Winters’s perceptive young adult novel, "The Summer of Everything", a gay teenager is afraid of loving his best friend. In Santa Monica, Wes is an insecure, comic book-loving geek. He lives above an independent bookstore, and... Read More

Canadian architect Teresa Coady is renowned worldwide for her firm’s high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. In "Rebuilding Earth", she discusses myriad ways to reform the Industrial Age construction industry, which now crashes... Read More

Two small-town lesbians embark on an old-fashioned courtship in Aurora Rey’s heartwarming romance, "The Last Place You Look". After her marriage implodes, Julia moves back to her hometown and goes to work in her parents’ winery,... Read More