Two best friends navigate their young adulthoods in Susen Edwards’s historical novel "What a Trip". Even as the Vietnam War rages on, Fiona and Melissa feel that they have bigger problems: Melissa needs an abortion and a reality check... Read More

Dave Williams and Elizabeth Howell’s "Why Am I Taller?" covers the medical side of an astronaut’s life. Physician astronauts, like Williams, have a unique window into what it’s like to be in space. They both experience and diagnose... Read More

A collection of Tampa Bay Times columnist and English professor Bill Maxwell’s columns, "Maximum Vantage" tackles weighty issues, including racism, civil rights, censorship, worker exploitation, environmental preservation, and carrying... Read More

Human Rights Watch lawyer Reed Brody’s "To Catch a Dictator" is about bringing an elusive criminal to trial for his war crimes. Hissène Habré’s eight-year despotic reign of Chad was marked by political massacres, torture, and rape.... Read More

Love, loss, and sacrifice are at the center of Michael X. Wang’s historical novel "Lost in the Long March". The moment orphaned Ping sees Yong, he knows she is the one. Ping is a gunsmith who joined the Chinese Red Army to make a... Read More

In Amy Bearce’s exciting novel "The Worst Villain Ever", a boy is on a quest to discover his true self, though he has to battle internal and external pressures to do so. George is a gifted child, but he struggles to balance and meet... Read More

In "Chingona", Alma Zaragoza-Petty’s life story intertwines with compelling advice that strikes at the heart of Latina women’s needs to claim the strongest parts of their identities. In her childhood, Zaragoza-Petty was often called... Read More

The chilling entries of the literary collection "Into the Forest" revolve around the Slavic, folkloric witch Baba Yaga, depicting her in a variety of modes, from benevolent to all-devouring. Each of the twenty-two stories provides a new... Read More