Although painted in Christian strokes, the light and hope in "Resting Places" should be refreshing to anyone, regardless of beliefs. Michael C. White’s "Resting Places" is a beautiful depiction of grace in the midst of grief, a modern... Read More

This significant work clarifies the challenges that black players encountered during the pre-free agent era. Mitchell Nathanson hits a four-bagger with this richly researched biography of baseball legend Dick Allen that reveals the... Read More

Ethereal illustrations and fun rhyme schemes make this a dreamy bedtime tale. A dreamy bedtime story*, Rocket-Bye* is a fun rhyming picture book with ethereal illustrations to engage young children. The story takes two siblings on a... Read More

An ambitious book, If You Were Me and Lived In… Elizabethan England, inundates children with a wealth of information that will leave them wanting to know more. If You Were Me and Lived In… Elizabethan England by Carole P. Roman is a... Read More

A steampunk doll takes a worldwide journey in this tale about the irresistible appeal of home. A beloved doll ventures on an unexpected journey in Janet Hébert’s "The Adventures of Maesee Peek". Whimsical and quirky like the titular... Read More

Vengeance drives the plot of this fiendish, darkly sharp noir thriller. There’s little true light in the Athenian Union of Kris Kyzer’s Brutus Nation-–only the artificial conflagration of revenge. This cinematically violent... Read More

"The Saints of the Lost and Found" is a charged and gothic tale of love, murder, and revenge. Everyone in the little Louisiana town of Saint Michael’s is on edge now that Avery Broussard has returned, despite her attempts to keep a low... Read More

Follow the meandering of this river, listen attentively to the poetic silences of this lovely work. The exquisite Listening to the Savage: River Notes and Half-Heard Melodies is a book to be savored. Barbara Hurd offers an evocative,... Read More