Extensive research and an injection of personality make this a definitive biography of the most underrated Beatle. Richard Starkey evolved from working-class roots and a sickly childhood to becoming one-quarter of the most famous... Read More

This outstanding guide to fostering peace in communities opens hearts up to facilitating justice in an often violent world. "The Sacred Ego" speaks from and to the heart as author Jalaja Bonheim implores humans, as individuals and as a... Read More

This quick and snappy read is a thrilling look into the glitzy world of poker, casinos, and competition. In Michael Phillip Cash’s "Pokergeist", amateur Telly Martin enters the International Series of Poker with one trick up his... Read More

The origin story of nuclear weaponry is brought to compelling light through the experiences of the two men who spearheaded the Manhattan Project. In the history of science and technology, there may be no more unlikely pairing than the... Read More

An informed perspective and an objective voice contribute authority to this critique of animal farming and consumption. In identifying the primary reasons why she wrote "Animals as Food", Amy Fitzgerald points out several factors that... Read More

Gooley’s playful and relaxed tone imparts as steady a pace as one might expect on a stroll through the woods. How rare to find a book that is truly brilliant. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, by Tristan Gooley, is brilliant in... Read More

A dank roadside motel plays a central role in this murder mystery involving teenage girls, competition, and festering secrets. In this well-written atmospheric mystery, Juliet Townsend has never left town after high school. As a runner... Read More

With a musician’s attention to the emotions that help us create a picture of our world, Helaine Mario weaves imagery with a thrilling plot. A grieving musician must come to grips with the guilt she feels about the deaths of her husband... Read More