It would not be an understatement to say that this should be required reading for anyone with an interest in Ojibwe history. "Windigo Moon" is historical fiction infused with research-driven folklore, an important volume of indigenous... Read More

Half romance, half meditation on global affairs, "Juventud" examines how the past can affect the present and how memory can be fallible. Vanessa Blakeslee presents a stirring coming-of-age tale in her evocative debut, "Juventud". In a... Read More

Readers of Metcalf’s age will appreciate these reminiscences of the past. Teri Metcalf’s memoir, "Rambler Rose", is a wandering documentation of her coming of age in California. Born in 1943, Metcalf chronicles her growth from a... Read More

Blanchard shares a legacy of technical and literary pioneers in alpine climbing in this extraordinarily well-written mountaineering memoir. The title page of The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains reads, “Patagonia publishes titles... Read More

Poetic prose underscores the central plotline of a musician attempting to make it big. Poet Robert Frost claims that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference. Aussie Mavis Mills, the single-mom protagonist of Christine M.... Read More

Different chapters about the same event written from the point of view of different characters help create a captivating plot progression. Be absorbed into the world of art, murder, the mob, Chicago politics, and police detectives in... Read More

A man with a double life—doctor and reinvented Zorro—proves a hero in this superb thriller. Many know Zorro as the mythical, swashbuckling Latino crusader for justice who rides a horse, wields a sword, and protects Mexican settlers... Read More

Bardessono populates a facility for the developmentally disabled with well-drawn characters in this heartfelt novel. "Little Ravens" is the follow-up to Frank Bardessono’s debut novel, The Kindness of Ravens. Set in the nineties,... Read More