Book ReviewsTweens
Exit Nowhere Is the Kind of Middle Grade Horror That Actually Commits
A lot of spooky middle grade fiction wants the mood without the nerve. Exit Nowhere has both.
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Here Lyeth Has More Bite Than Most Historical Fantasies
This is the kind of historical fantasy that earns its darkness instead of using it like wallpaper.
Book ReviewsSequential Art
The Worst Ronin Understands That Messy Heroes Are More Fun
A fallen warrior, a determined teenager, and a story smart enough to let failure stay visible.
Book ReviewsFood & Wine
The Wine Bible Is What Happens When Enthusiasm Gets Organized
Few reference books manage to feel both encyclopedic and genuinely contagious. This one does.
Author Interviews
Old Tricks, New Treats Interview Part 9
OLD TRICKS, NEW TREATS is book three of the BAG OF TRICKS trilogy: a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early 80's. When I first star
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Align Your Business with the Real You: Connect with Yourself, Create What Matters Most, and Define Your Success by Jennifer Musser
Startups are exhilarating—and exhausting. Jennifer Musser knows. In Align Your Business with the Real You, she recounts building her business from scratch while
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Here Lyeth by Johanna Frank
Book Summary: In Here Lyeth, Lexxie, feeling angry and heartbroken, leaves her home after learning that her biological father lives in a village called Vereitel
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Universe of Lost Messages (The Charismites) by Janet Stilson
Story Summary What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted? Izzie and Tristan were neve
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Champagne Widows by Rebecca Rosenberg
Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen's Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot possesses an extraordinar
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Bones of the Apostle by John Amos
Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives
The Case of the Stolen Goddess by John Amos
Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their previous quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb, detectives Flinders Petr
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Prioritize Us: Unlock Lasting Love with One Simple, Proven Test by Nick Brancato
Summary: What if the real reasons behind our arguments were hidden all along? The answer could change everything—starting today. Introducing Prioritize Us: Unlo