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The Fall of Vivaldi, by Reed Bunzel
The Fall of Vivaldi, by Reed Bunzel On a rainy night across Europe, several seemingly unrelated incidents unfold in quick order: These random, disparate scenarios all eventually will go through one man: former assassin Rōnin Phythian. One year after shutting down the murder-for-hire outfit known as the Greenwich Global Group, he now is pursuing justice…
Read MoreUnder the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey Through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas, by Judith Glyde
Under the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey Through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas, by Judith Glyde Judith Glyde, in the fall of 1999, spent three months in the Khumbu region of the Himalayas. Following in the footsteps of the Buddhist teacher who enters contemplative isolation to study, she experienced these months in a secluded…
Read MoreThe Queen’s Justice, by Mark Everett Stone & Brandie M. Stone
The Queen’s Justice, by Mark Everett Stone & Brandie M. Stone Niendra Goisien is a special investigator for the Gyllethian Queen, Betelial Tim-Amre. As a Witch, she has magics that aid her in her endeavors, but the murder of the magnate Soro Divver draws her into a mystery that leads to her death. Five-hundred years…
Read MoreStaying Afloat in Santa Fe, by Marie Romero Cash
Staying Afloat in Santa Fe, by Marie Romero Cash Marie Romero Cash, an artist in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has survived over half of her eighty years propelling herself through the decades with courage and determination, using her creative skills every step of the way. This memoir is a testament to women who have traveled…
Read MoreFire Music, by Connie Hampton Connally
Fire Music, by Connie Hampton Connally Antal Varga, a Budapest violinist, is 78 years old when a young American stranger places a yellowed music sheet into his hands. With shock he recognizes his own teenage handwriting, for he himself wrote this piece in 1945, when his city was under siege. Desperate to talk with this…
Read MoreThe Coffin Maker’s Apprentice, by Chris McGillion
The Coffin Maker’s Apprentice, by Chris McGillion Timorese police investigator Vincintino Cordero is assigned the case of two youths, rival gang members, found a week apart with their throats slit and a betel quid placed in their mouths. The case distracts him from spending time with FBI Agent Sara Carter before she completes her INTERPOL…
Read MoreOff Season, by Clive Fleury
Off Season, by Clive Fleury Detective Ramesh Ryan’s career with Sydney’s prestigious Organized Crime Unit is on the up, until he loses a court case against the city’s most powerful drug dealer. In disgrace, the detective is relocated to the tiny Australian beach town of Barton. It is off-season in Barton—when its few criminals usually…
Read MoreBone Whispers, by Rosalind Brackenbury
Bone Whispers, by Rosalind Brackenbury Nessa, now in her seventies, is back in England from the US to take care of her inherited house on the coast of Dorset. She arrives to hear news of human bones—a woman’s bones—dug up on the beach, after a cliff fall. As she walks the paths of her childhood…
Read MoreLiving Well with Multiple Sclerosis, by Trevis L. Gleason
Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis, by Trevis L. Gleason Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis is one part primer, one part handbook, one part pocket translator, and 100% an essential field guide for navigating the challenges of living with chronic illness. This curated collection from nearly two decades of reflections by award-winning writer, Trevis L Gleason,…
Read MoreThis Uncertain Voyage, by Susan Sworski Nusbaum
This Uncertain Voyage, by Susan Sworski Nusbaum This collection of poems explores the ambiguities of existence by re-visiting personal memories and narratives, and re-imagining the future. Perspectives often change by “taking a second look”—at a photo or familiar work of art, hearing anew a Bach Sarabande, or recalling the strains of a love song. Even…
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