"Trees of Papua New Guinea" is a practical, in-depth guide to identifying that nation’s many species and varieties of trees. Barry J. Conn and Kipiro Q. Damas’s "Trees of Papua New Guinea" documents tree species from across the... Read More

Snatch 2&20 is a clever, cynical novel about the absurdities of capitalism and the people who prop it up. A Wall Street flunky becomes entangled in his boss’s machinations in Luke E. Fellows’s comedic novel Snatch 2&20. Giles... Read More

"The Secret Sign of the Lizard People" is an eccentric satirical novel that thumbs its nose at the current world order. Two homicide detectives stumble upon an alien plot in Kevin Buckley’s humorous novel, "The Secret Sign of the... 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

Lisa Braxton’s historical novel "The Talking Drum" captures a vibrant immigrant community in its death throes. Petite Africa is in trouble. The city of Bellport plans to demolish this rundown, immigrant-majority neighborhood and build... Read More

In his historical study Hitler’s True Believers, Robert Gellately examines the motivations and rationalizations behind German popular support for the Third Reich. Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 is one of the most important and... Read More

Molly Wizenberg lays bare her journey of self-discovery and reinvention in her raw, honest memoir "The Fixed Stars". It was jury duty, of all things, that made Wizenberg realize that she might not be straight. After months of denial, she... Read More

Two small-town lesbians embark on an old-fashioned courtship in Aurora Rey’s heartwarming romance, "The Last Place You Look". After her marriage implodes, Julia moves back to her hometown and goes to work in her parents’ winery,... Read More