When Stella Blunt arrives at a new school, her abrasive and straight-shooting personality doesn’t make her many new friends—with the exception of Howard “Howie” Mullins, a sweet, shy boy in her Chemistry class who also happens to... Read More

Always enthusiastic, often imperfect, Grier helped develop and sustain an industry, not just for herself, but for so many others. Joanne Passet’s Indomitable: The Life of Barbara Grier presents the life of LGBTQ publishing pioneer... Read More

Highlighting the stories of modern-day jacks-of-all-trades, this is a study with depth. Kenneth Mikkelsen and Richard Martin’s "The Neo-Generalist" is a breakthrough work, with research that is conducted on a global scale and... Read More

These short stories are dynamic and fresh, with evocative language that brings their Welsh settings to life. "A Collection of Short Stories" by Gillian Fletcher-Edwards artfully blends the contemporary issues of Welsh mining families... Read More

Twists, turns, and converging stories make for science fiction that’s an enjoyable listen. Tom DeLonge left the band Blink-182 with some pretty lofty ideas concerning “unidentified aerial phenomena” (read: UFOs). With co-author... Read More

John Allison’s acclaimed Bad Machinery series of graphic novels continues with The Case of the Unwelcome Visitor. The book follows Allison’s six early-teen protagonists as they search for a new mystery to solve in their native town... Read More

The book shows that the popularity of the cuisine is due, in part, to the fact that it was never strictly Chinese. Anne Mendelson’s Chow Chop Suey: Food and the Chinese American Journey is a thoughtful and absorbing study of how... Read More