Detailed world-building and a dynamic heroine make this fantasy novel stand out. Roxanne Bland’s "The Moreva of Astoreth" adds elements of alien worlds, living gods, adventure, and a heroine with depth to deliver a thoroughly... Read More

The arrival of a mysterious package inspires outspoken magazine editor Maggie Fiori to travel from her home in San Francisco to explore her family’s roots in the deep South, in "The Spy on the Tennessee Walker", book three of Linda Lee... Read More

That industrial civilizations have altered the Earth and its atmosphere for the worse is beyond doubt, but geoengineering offers possible solutions, using human engineering to improve the climate. In "The Planet Remade", veteran science... Read More

This accessible encyclopedia of Italy’s military and cultural influence over the centuries is a lively, conversational book full of surprising facts. “Italy has had a troubled, sometimes tragic, history. Rome lived by the sword and... Read More

This spirited introduction to probiotic eating includes dozens of straightforward recipes. In Cultured Food for Health: A Guide to Healing Yourself with Probiotic Foods, her second book on the topic, Donna Schwenk offers suggestions for... Read More

"Captivity" is an exciting and engrossing historical epic that richly rewards the reader. Clocking in at over eight hundred pages, "Captivity" is a sprawling, epic bildungsroman that immerses the reader in a richly detailed world of the... Read More