In her memoir "Handprints on Hubble", astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan conveys the excitement of going to space. Kathryn Sullivan had a career in oceanography when she was chosen to be among the first women astronauts recruited by NASA. She... Read More
There’s a string of seemingly unrelated murders occurring in New Zealand, and it takes Vanda Symon’s sassy, smart detective Sam Shephard to tie them together. "The Ringmaster" is a multilayered, absorbing mystery that is full of... Read More
In "The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care", Anna Borges blasts myths, touts benefits, and reveals an enticing array of opportunities for nurturing one’s self. Getting a grip on self-care—doing things that benefit the mind,... Read More
An exciting new voice in crime fiction emerges with "Zen and the Art of Murder", the first novel in Oliver Bottini’s Black Forest Investigation series. The book opens with a badly beaten monk wandering the snow-covered German... Read More
In fifteen stories that mine different forms of torment, Sadie Hoagland gathers lost innocence, altered lives, and harsh memories—sometimes with elegiac, bald realism, and sometimes with eerie hyperbole and gruesome images.... Read More
Two men bond over sex, violence, and shared emotional and psychological trauma in Orlando Ortega-Medina’s neo noir "The Death of Baseball", about identity, sexuality, and nihilism in 1980s Los Angeles. The novel is a study of... Read More
Written for Gen X and Gen Y folks who don’t mind a bit of colorful language, Melissa Browne’s Unf⁎ck Your Finances is a comprehensive and user-friendly guidebook to financial well-being. Based on a mixture of hard-won experience... Read More
From the moment Mary Shelley took up her pen and a dare, science fiction has inspired, challenged, and entertained audiences. That legacy is alive and thriving in Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman’s curated collection "The New Voices... Read More