In Calais, France, there is a horrifying encampment known as The Jungle that teems with people who’ve who fled wars and violence. Faced with overcrowding, police brutality, and political ennui, their dreams slowly fester. Residents... Read More

Moving from the recent past into the future, Sara Batkie’s short story collection "Better Times" traverses lives that are subtly or drastically twisted away from what is familiar. Mystery and surrealism underlie the mundane, their... Read More

An unusual mixture of biography, comedy, action, and analysis, "Explosions" takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to one of the most popular but artistically dismissed film directors working today. Mathieu Poulin positions Michael Bay as a... Read More

"The Heart of War" by national policy veteran Kathleen McInnis is part office drama, part foible-filled romp through the US’s military bureaucracy. When Dr. Heather Reilly arrives at the Pentagon to work as an academic fellow, she... Read More

The rush of a whodunit pales next to Barbara Barrow’s what’ve-they-done-and-why, "The Quelling". The novel instantly achieves page-turner status through vexing questions. Why are two youngsters being raised by television nature... Read More

"The Flying Rock" is an intriguing and layered picture book containing a potent reminder that nothing occurs in isolation. In Robert Rush’s picture book "The Flying Rock", a boy learns a valuable lesson from his grandfather.... Read More

"Get After It" is a memoir that shows how an average person, despite setbacks and obstacles, created a life of meaning and purpose. Parker Schaffel’s heartfelt, captivating memoir "Get After It" recalls an unimaginable eight-year-long... Read More

"Selling to China" is an engaging, authoritative guide that provides many useful tips for building a business in China that can last. When it comes to selling products in modern China, sometimes what a company thinks it knows, based on... Read More