Brunetti’s Cookbook

“Fans of Donna Leon’s mysteries set in Venice and starring her cosmopolitan detective, Commissario Guido Brunetti, will be delighted to have this cookbook. . . . A great read and…

Bongwater

“Bongwater is one of the coolest books of the year. Hornburg explodes the whole grunge mythos by taking it out of the realm of the flash photo spread and giving…

Vietnam Plays Vol 1 [Basic Training]

Mammals

“A highly amusing book… Merot is a master of mockery.” –San Diego Union Tribune…

Boats

“Write your name all over the endpapers first. This anthology is a definite keeper.” –San Diego Tribune…

Vedanta

“Torwesten makes lucid the long history of Vedantic Hinduism, but he also maintains a genuine Vedantic poise: open, scrupulous, serene but engaged.” –David Elliott, San Diego Union…

Carry Me Down

“John Egan is a brave, resourceful boy, intelligent and self-aware, yet skating on the edge of madness. The story of John’s thirteenth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is…

Happy Family

“Rich and multilayered, Lee’s novel explores what it means to be a part of something, whether it’s a family or a culture. Told in Hua’s sparse, somber voice, the story…

The Earth Hums in B Flat

“A lyrical debut . . . [Strachan’s] light touch keeps the story unfamiliar and surprising, while Gwenni’s uber-precocious narration revels in a love for language and reveals an unspoiled innocence…

Christodora

A novel of great scope and ambition, Christodora is a bold and poignant portrait of the bohemian Manhattan of sex, drugs, art, and activism from the early 1980s into the…