Bold, brash, brutal, and beautiful, Spent grips from the beginning and is in turns shocking, touching, devastating, and loving. As compelling on the page as she must have been on the stage, stripper-turned-writing instructor Antonia Crane has written a dark, intoxicating . . . read more
Keiffer’s struggles with depression challenge the rest of us to seek awareness of how our friend, family member, or coworker might be suffering. Now a multimedia project incorporating her traveling photographic exhibit, Ann Keiffer’s revived and updated debut, Blest by . . . read more
Radmacher and Kalloch hit the mark with this very readable, beautifully written and illustrated meditation on women. An inspirational, nondenominational pleasure, She: A Celebration of Greatness in Every Woman (the SHE stands for “She Harnesses Everything”) is without . . . read more
With a focus on “drunkle,” incapacitating without hurting a “drunk uncle,” this book finds a niche beyond most martial arts manuals. Kris Wilder has black belts in Goju-Ryu karate, taekwondo, and judo; and Lawrence A. Kane is a black belt in Goju-Ryu karate and a . . . read more
This owner’s manual lets teens kick the tires as they learn to drive their new-model brains. The Owner’s Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain offers fun-filled, easy-to-understand information about how the brain works, grows, and develops to help young people . . . read more
This book presents valuable advice for couples yearning to maintain magic in their marriages. Bedded Bliss: A Couple’s Guide to Lust Ever After, edited by prolific and award-winning erotica writer Kristina Wright, enters bold new sensual territory with its mix of erotic . . . read more
These little gems form the basis of a sensible, realistic view of the world from a successful real estate CEO. The premise of real estate CEO Alan Fox’s book, People Tools, is not complicated: it is a compilation of behavioral techniques Fox has used over the years to . . . read more
This volume likely will change the way many people choose to confront death, and alter the way life can be lived today. Changing the Way We Die: Compassionate End-of-Life Care and the Hospice Movement should be required reading for physicians, nurses, and anyone . . . read more
An old-fashioned noir plot features an effective female detective protagonist. With Death By Misadventure, E. E. Smith creates a throwback mystery story, set shortly after World War II, featuring a female detective in her twenties who takes on a missing-person case that . . . read more
