Michael C. Higgins’s EXPLORING WINE REGIONS: The Central Coast of California is a good, solid guide to the region's vineyards, but certain peculiarities of content...

A valuable resource even in these days of GPS and cell phones, NATIONAL PARK MAPS, compiled by Michael Joseph Oswald, provides a wealth of helpful...

An engaging debut, Jacqueline Garcia’s DECAY OF SORROW is a short novel that fans of Gothic romance should enjoy. Though never especially credible in terms...

Ken Hoyle's LIFE AND LEGACY OF A VOLUNTEER shines brightest when the author relates hard-earned wisdom to volunteers and their organizers.

While A LOVE REFRACTED IN A STREAM initially appears to have no clear destination, Christopher Kenneth Hanson's rambling narrative coalesces into a compelling tale of...

A beautiful and engrossing read, Erin Jamieson's SKY OF ASHES, LAND OF DREAMS paints a complex and captivating portrait of people and their ways of...

Author and licensed psychotherapist Alena Scigliano treats narcissism like the proverbial hammer where every problem begins to look like a nail in her book, SWIMMING...

Readers looking for a smart, surprising, sci-fi-tinged thriller with something to say will find much to love in Kevin Byrne's SENSATIONS.

Though it falls short on narrative, Chrysteen Braun’s THE STARLET IN CABIN NUMBER SEVEN offers details about design, the natural beauty of a California mountain...

Michael Joseph Oswald's THE DAYHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARKS is chock-full of useful guidance for the dayhiker, offering descriptions of trails, available amenities, the...

Tósìn Peters's poetry collection LETTERS TO UNTITLED offers affecting and personal observations on loss, pain, and the modern world.

Allie Compeau's ASTER AND THE SPIRIT TALKER is an environmentalist fairy tale that over-relies on genre tropes and yet still offers a cozy adventure for...