This memoir digs into questions of racism and what exactly constitutes “blackness.” Tony Bethel, a doctor of naprapathic medicine, writes about being a descendant of the Bethels, a mixed-race family with enslaved ancestors, in... Read More

This is a deliciously funny and witty satire of the literary world. Karima Vargas Bushnell satirizes the literary world and many other targets in her deliciously funny fiction "The Life and Times of Halycon Sage or The Last Book Ever... Read More

This compelling memoir provides a friendly comfort, especially for those with a loved one who is slowly dying. "Not Really Gone", by Blaire Sharpe, is a memoir about a grandmother’s deep, abiding love. While Sharpe’s story is sad and... Read More

Rees’s fluid writing keeps the pages turning in this detailed account of tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. In his third nonfiction book, "Detained", Brian Rees intersperses witty e-mail updates from his tours of Iraq and Afghanistan with... Read More

With its focus on friendship, courage, imagination, and, of course, a bit of magic, this is a welcome addition to the compendium of Santa stories. Ten-year-old Julie and her friends, the dream pony Algonquin and his charming spider... Read More

With a good dash of humor, this down-to-earth military memoir is a refreshing addition to the genre. Memoirs of military or war experiences often revel in hell-on-earth carnage, sentimental frat house-type memories, or heavy-handed... Read More

Brener shares his conviction that quantum physics contains scientific proof of reincarnation. Does anything survive the death of the body? Milton E. Brener responds with a resounding yes. In "Our Quantum World and Reincarnation", Brener... Read More

This morally gray dystopian novel is as thought provoking as it is entertaining. Michael Selden’s "The Balance" is an intelligent and engaging story about Phoebe, a psychically gifted teenager living under the rule of a strict... Read More