GORGEOUS, GRITTY STORIES illuminate the nature of love, and bring Dominican-American culture vividly to life.

THE SECRET WORLD of stage magic and magicians, explored with love and humor by a writer/scientist/magician.

A JOURNALIST DELVES INTO the complex science (and business) of sleep and makes some interesting discoveries!

ALISON BECHDEL IS SIMPLY a national treasure! Her latest memoir in graphic novel form is thoughtful and wise.

SECRETS AND TENSIONS in an upscale London neighborhood boil over with deadly results. Ruth Rendell in fine form!

TALE OF AN UNRAVELING family has some truly lovely moments, but falls back too often on easy epiphanies.

UNFLINCHINGLY COMPLEX AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL novel follows a young writer’s search for friendship, love, and art.

ESSAYIST VERLYN KLINKENBORG distills the wisdom gained in his long writing career into concise, spot-on advice.

SHARP, COMPLEX HISTORICAL thriller captures the turbulence of the 1967 radical student movement in Berlin.

COMPELLING NEW HISTORY of the Amistad uprising: deeply revelatory about the lives of its African leaders.