Lauren Slater’s obsessive­-compulsive disorder manifests in various ways in this collection of essays—she counts by increments of three to keep the moon in orbit and planes from falling. But, surprisingly, there is no dilemma over... Read More

“Fearless” is a word that not too many people can appreciate until they are faced with a situation that calls for an actual fearless act. And Daniel Sheehan, with the resources of government actively working against him, has been... Read More

In this brilliant translation of Nobel Laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio’s book "The African", the now-­seventy­-three-­year-­old writer goes back to his childhood spent in Nigeria, the son of a French military doctor posted to Africa.... Read More

"Savage Love" takes twenty-first-century liberties to the max, refusing to succumb to an inner censor that resists exposure to what makes the sensitive uncomfortable. Love and lust, infatuation and infidelity, all the deep-down primal... Read More

Engaging, fully developed characters bring us back to another century to pose thought-provoking questions about social norms and challenging authority. Graven Images: A Singular Village Mystery, the second in a historical fiction series... Read More

Three authors behind Colorado legalization stir the pot of double standards on marijuana vs. alcohol. The past year has seen a dramatic change in the national conversation about marijuana and its potential legalization. In November,... Read More

Scary as well as enlightening, this unique and mesmerizing novel is a page-turner. A forty-year-old man transcends space and time after an accident propels him into the body of his younger self. On a mission to save his sister from a... Read More

In re-examining the myth of the “righteous,” Grabowski unearths disturbing truths about Polish citizens’ complicity in the Holocaust. Jan Grabowski returns with an unflinching study of the Judenjagd, the post-ghetto “hunt for the... Read More