In his memoir "Portrait in Red", L. John Harris pursues multiple avenues (and delightful detours) in an attempt to solve an art mystery in Paris. Harris, who attended art school at Berkeley in the 1960s, arrived in Paris on magazine... Read More

Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees’s "The Last Stand of the Raven Clan" is an engrossing history of the Tlingit-Russian war, its causes, and its impacts on North America. Written from the perspective of the Tlingit, this refreshing... Read More

In A. M. Shine’s captivating fantasy novel "Stay in the Light", people attempt to outrun frightening and powerful creatures called the Watchers. The Watchers are changelings who take on the appearance of human beings and hide out in... Read More

Making a spiritual argument that leaders should prioritize community needs over corporate profit expectations, "The Experience" is an insightful businessman’s memoir. Douglas Harland’s amiable memoir "The Experience" explores his... Read More

A trans woman guards her secrets and fights dark powers in Margaret Killjoy’s novel "The Sapling Cage". Lorel wants to become a witch, learn to use magic, and travel the world. But she was assigned male at birth, and witches are always... Read More

Historical tensions are vivified in the novel "The Girl of Many Crowns", in which a noblewoman fights for self-determination. D. H. Morris’s historical novel "The Girl of Many Crowns" covers seven years in the life of Judith of... Read More

A patient poses a question to his psychologist: “Ya wanna know who clipped Boris Levenko?” It’s a query that a bevy of Russian and Albanian mobsters want answered, setting off a chain of mortal consequences in Mark Rubenstein’s... Read More

Illustrated by his brother, Manni Coe’s touching memoir demonstrates how the patient rhythms of nature and family nurture can mitigate mental health crises. In November 2021, Coe was in Spain for work. He received a text from England,... Read More