Poignant observations on aging punctuate the novel "The Lottery Game", in which good intentions lead to disaster. A mild-mannered retiree takes the fall in a tax evasion scheme in Gerard Shirar’s mystery novel "The Lottery Game". After... Read More

“Issues“ is a satisfying novel that handles love and betrayal through excellent foreshadowing and near-miss interactions. In Sharon St. John’s complex, fascinating novel “Issues“, betrayal and deception cross family lines; how... Read More

In "Stealing First and Other Stories", everyday folks are charged up by their fervor for baseball. In Cynthia Drew and Joan Golden’s engaging "Stealing First and Other Stories", a talented but undersung baseball team deals with their... Read More

The World War II novel "Soldiers of Freedom" is filled with fascinating historical information and lesser-known heroes from the war. In the waning days of World War II, three freedom fighters remain devoted to the cause in Samuel... Read More

Julian Hoffman’s "Irreplaceable" chronicles singular landscapes and the inspiring people who fight to protect them. It’s an eloquent, sustained prose poem about the beauty and historical, cultural, and ecological attributes of... Read More

"The Rule of Five" is a character-driven thriller about how climate change came to the fore of US politics and legal action. Richard J. Lazarus’s book is no novel, however, but a suspenseful real-life account of an inspired activist... Read More

Hard-Easy is an uplifting and encouraging guide to self-improvement. Arthur F. Coombs III’s Hard-Easy is an upbeat, comprehensive guide to self-improvement based on the “Law of Hard-Easy,” through which practitioners are challenged... Read More

Jen Manion’s "Female Husbands" explores the history of gender-nonconforming people who dared to be themselves. Female husbands first entered popular consciousness in eighteenth-century Great Britain. These individuals were assigned... Read More