In Lynn Stegner’s novel "The Half-Life of Guilt", a couple’s personal and professional relationship is tested as they protest the endangerment of a whale population. Clair is a biologist and botanist who grew up on her family’s... Read More

A commanding short story collection, Caribbean Canadian Nalo Hopkinson’s "Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions" blends ecological awareness, cultural heritage, and fantastical happenings. In the mordant story “Clap Back,” Wenda, an... Read More

Impressionistic and enthusiastic, "Adventures on Land and Sea" is an exuberant travelogue set in Southern France. The fourth volume of the Savoring the Olde Ways series, Carole Bumpus’s travelogue "Adventures on Land and Sea"... Read More

An inherited property, a child who sees ghostly presences, and a brooding, handsome love interest make "The Inhabitants" a Gothic treat. Combining Gothic and modern influences with intricate and sinuous pacing, Beth Castrodale’s... Read More

With recommendations for inviting spiritual contact with ascended masters and angels, "Doors to Higher Consciousness" is an inventive spiritual guide. Astrologer, gemologist, and student of shamanic practices and mysticism Sheri... Read More

Brash and exuberant, "The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews" is a memoir about faith, emergence, and individuality. Rossi’s lively memoir "The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews" recalls her tumultuous adolescence and years of enforced exile among... Read More

A comprehensive guide for recovery allies, You Don’t Have to Quit is flush with scientific, therapeutic, and medical information alongside its personal stories of helping a partner manage his alcohol use disorder. Maureen Palmer’s... Read More

A story of a family’s resilience and individuality, "Becoming Hungarian" is an affecting memoir that’s flush with political and historical insights. Erika Reich Giles’s memoir "Becoming Hungarian" chronicles her parents’... Read More