In Sandra Fernandez Rhoads’s young adult fantasy, "Mortal Sight", an ambitious teenager directs her unearthly powers to destroying vicious monsters, endangering the lives of those around her. Since she was seven, Cera and her mother... Read More

Canadian architect Teresa Coady is renowned worldwide for her firm’s high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. In "Rebuilding Earth", she discusses myriad ways to reform the Industrial Age construction industry, which now crashes... Read More

A forty-something father copes with his changing circumstances, grappling with his role in his family and society, in Jesse Edward Johnson’s literary novella "The King of Nothing Much". This enjoyable novel blends everyday humor with a... Read More

Julian Gough’s delightful Rabbit and Bear: Attack of the Snack involves misunderstandings, apologies, and friendship. Best friends Bear and Rabbit are enjoying a summer swim when a mysterious creature crashes into their lake. With the... Read More

Martin Schleske’s powerful The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty links the pursuit of beautiful music with that of finding God. Describing the process of building a violin—picking the perfect piece of wood; shaping the wood;... Read More

Phyllis Barber’s "The Desert Between Us" is a historical love story about the American West and the need for human connections. Set in the wilds of rural Nevada after the Civil War, the novel focuses on Geoffrey, a road builder tasked... Read More

Bianca Goddard, an alchemist’s daughter living in the last years of Henry VIII’s rule, is called upon by the local constable to help solve a murder in Mary Lawrence’s "The Lost Boys of London". The victim is a boy, found hanging at... Read More

In "Confessions of a Gay Priest", Tom Rastrelli turns the hushed internal workings of Catholic priesthood inside out. Rastrelli joined the priesthood amid its national sex abuse scandals and despite abuses that he himself survived. In... Read More