"Blue on Blue"‘s playful tone and Crisp’s inventive use of 1950s pop-culture icons will entertain adventurous readers of speculative fiction. A blend of mysticism and absurdism, "Blue on Blue" is a short but densely packed novel that... Read More

"Captivity" is an exciting and engrossing historical epic that richly rewards the reader. Clocking in at over eight hundred pages, "Captivity" is a sprawling, epic bildungsroman that immerses the reader in a richly detailed world of the... Read More

A strange, violent land at the far edge of the Roman empire sets the stage for this essentially human war tale. In "War at the Edge of the World", the first book of a planned series entitled Twilight of Empire, Ian James Ross offers a... Read More

Sixth-century Ireland finds Christians and Druids wary of each other, especially when bodies start piling up in the bogs. Philip Freeman, a professor of classics at Luther College and author of several nonfiction books on classical-era... Read More

This intimate, revealing, well-written book illustrates the need for all families to compile and record the lore that makes their heritage unique. Honorable Heritage: A Book of Family Folklore, by Billy Boyd Lavender, is the kind of book... Read More

This is an excellent way to plunge into history and vicariously experience the thrilling ride that was the Klondike gold rush. In July of 1897, the steamship Portland arrived in Seattle bearing more than a ton of gold and sixty-eight... Read More

This unpredictable story is an entertaining fictional view of old Hollywood, full of public glamor and private scandal. The tale of the small-town boy or girl who heads to Hollywood to be “discovered” is classic Americana. So is the... Read More

Huang offers a subtly powerful portrait of a confused Chinese girl’s growth through tragedy and conflict into a strong young woman. A highly competitive university student and an elusive panda bear might seem to have little in common,... Read More