Taking the first step into the hallways of high school can be an overwhelming and emotional experience for most adolescents. Imagine tackling this right of passage after losing a parent. In Love at the Center of Grief by Cindy McIntyre, we meet “Grief Girl” Gretchen and “Hardly Speaks” Hayden (as dubbed and by their peers), two motherless…
Dirty Science will put everything you think you know about modern science into question. Bob Gebelein believes that we, as a society, are ignoring an entire field of scientific research because it has been deemed unworthy by popular science. Parapsychology has been ignored by all major education establishments and universities for years, yet Gebelein says…
A building cooperative is the unusual setting for Patrick Finegan’s debut novel Cooperative Lives, in which the residents coexist with their neighbors without ever really getting to know each other. As seemingly individual tragedies and misfortunes befall various characters, they come to realize that their world is smaller than they know and very interconnected. Each…
In The Road to Nablus, Bassam Hadi tells the unbelievable true story of his father, Abed Abdulhadi’s remarkable journey from poor refugee, to renowned scholar, to medical doctor. In 1948, Abed was a little boy of eight when he and his family were violently forced from their home in Lydda, Palestine by the Jews who…
Eric LeVine eats better than you. In Burgers Bowls Jars he explains the importance of shopping local, eating in season, and how we should be shopping more often at local farmers market than at the big box grocery store. He is leading by example and is eating better because of it. Chef Eric is the…
This picture book debut from sister author-illustrator duo, Alexa Tuttle and Carlie Tuttle, introduces readers to Rosie, a pink-haired witch curled up on Halloween night wishing she had a friend to share “this feeling of home.” Startled by a spider watching her with “big, bright, wide eyes,” Rosie’s actions and emotions grow increasingly chaotic as…
With the rise of independently published books, there seems to be a book for every niche someone can imagine. At first glance, Basic Training for Per$onal Military Finance might appear to be one of those books. But Michael Hamlin does not just sit down and share his story. He brings a wealth of knowledge to…