"That’s How Strong My Love Is" is the exuberant memoir of a New York City sophisticate who moved to rural Indiana to open a nostalgic museum. Centered in music and art, David Loehr’s fascinating memoir "That’s How Strong My Love... Read More

"Making Friends with Monsters" is a sensitive novel that tackles themes of mental health and family dynamics from the perspective of a boy who’s determined to persevere. Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Sandra L. Rostirolla’s... Read More

John Cribb’s sweeping historical novel "The Rail Splitter" covers Abraham Lincoln’s early days, charting his path from a rough-hewn log cabin to the White House. This biographical novel brings Lincoln to life, including during his... Read More

Maria Rodale’s "Love, Nature, Magic" is an intriguing essay collection about shamanic communication with animals and plants in a garden. An avid gardener, Rodale found herself wondering what some of the unwanted species found in her... 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

Amy-Jane Beer’s memoir "The Flow" is about the drowning of a friend and how it almost destroyed her love for rivers. In 2012, Beer’s friend group set out on a New Year’s Day kayaking trip. One friend, Kate, never came home. For... 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 Arthur Shattuck O’Keefe’s mystery novel "The Spirit Phone", historical figures try to prevent an otherworldly monster from entering the human world. When Aleister Crowley teleports into the hotel suite of Nikola Tesla, it is a... Read More