Holmes’s gossamer-gentle prose captures the skeins of memory tangled with real life. What’s the breaking point between an artist’s dedication to her craft and a commitment to loving relationships? This probing question is central... Read More

Passion for his Italian heritage and its food routed Bill Abruzzo out of his lawyer’s suits and into chef’s whites. He has traveled widely and often to the Italian peninsula, retracing the youthful foodcentric vacations he shared... Read More

To deepen their connection to and love of the natural world, naturalists, writers, and ordinary folk have long used journals to memorialize their observations from nature jaunts. The best definitions of such love include phrases like... Read More

In these divisive political times, a nonpartisan book like this one shines with unusual genuinity and earnestness. Reaching across political lines to outline the need for transition to sustainable fuel, former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter,... Read More

"Friends" is the story of a little girl who comes to a new school from very far away and is unsure about how to make friends. Gradually she becomes accepted, and when another new student from even farther away joins the class, the little... Read More

Set in Chicago during the Prohibition era, "Black City Saint" offers a wickedly unprecedented twist on the legend of Saint George and the Dragon, mixing history and mythology with mobsters, flappers, and Feirie. Supernatural gumshoe Nick... Read More

"Lily of the Valley" is an elegantly bound poetic volume that celebrates the varied inheritances of Jewish American women with poignancy. "Lily of the Valley" is Xianna Michaels’s graceful and affecting poetic saga, the story of five... Read More

This cyber thriller is a turbulent story of electronic espionage that evokes strong emotional responses. A cyber thriller set in the heart of Washington DC, Trojan: The Enemy Within is full of nonstop action, suspense, and mystery as one... Read More