Magdalena Tulli’s new literary novel reads like poetry, replete with metaphor, unique syntax, and intriguing images. The author’s inventive and graceful language lends this work the feel of a fable in which readers are whisked to a... Read More

Hollywood has handed us an American West of cowboys, cattle, train whistles, and Indian wars, but Terese Svoboda offers a different glimpse of history, from the perspective of a young girl abandoned by her father and forced to make her... Read More

"The Price of Glory", set in 1795 post-Revolutionary France, is the author’s third in a nautical series featuring fictional British seaman Captain Nathan Peake. With vivid tales of ships and the sea, wind and weather, war and... Read More

Afghan poet Massoud Khalili lamented that the wars that plagued Afghanistan for more than thirty years likely drove the cranes away from their annual migration over his country. Edward Girardet, who put his own life at risk several times... Read More

An Earth Day Celebration is a perfect occasion for youngsters to combine efforts to save the planet they will inherit. Together with her first-grade classmates, Abby, the lead character in Earth Day and the Recycling Fashionista! takes... Read More

Generosity and eccentricity associated with the wealthy are catalysts for countless novels, a perfect example of which is Owen’s Day, the story of elusive publisher Owen Adair, a courageous soul who risks his life to prevent... Read More

Nancy Clarke reveals a treasured glimpse into the social life of the White House in "My First Ladies". With help from Christine Matheson, she recounts thirty years of experience arranging flowers there. As chief floral designer, Clarke... Read More

In Port City Black and White, by Gerry Boyle, rookie police officer Brandon Blake sees the world in black and white. He “didn’t take this job to go easy.” He is critical of other police officers and of citizens he meets on the job.... Read More