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Red, White, and Red
(November 2016)
Charley Rosen - Author
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A longtime member of the Communist Party travels across the USA in 1950, wondering what he will tell the House Un-American Activities Committee, and whether he will ever return home.
“A brown double-breasted suit just shiny enough at the elbows and knees to avoid snagging a second glance from cops, G-men, or even my fellow travelers. A fresh white shirt, with collar and cuffs starched to avoid suspicion. ...(Read More) |
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Seeking Alice
(June 2016)
A Novel
Camilla Trinchieri - Author
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2017 Italian American Studies Association Book Award
FINALIST - 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the General Adult Fiction category
A haunting story of the disintegration of an American and Italian family caught in Europe during World War II.
This gripping story of love and loss centers on Marco, an Italian diplomat; Alice, his American wife; and their young children. Statione...(Read More) |
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Swimming
(September 2015)
Karl Luntta - Author
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Compelling stories of intercultural contact and emotional survival in a complex world.
A swimming pool in the Kalahari Desert, the ice skates of a boy in a wheelchair, and a midnight train ride in the cool African night form the backdrop of the eight diverse stories in Swimming. Some of the stories take place in Africa, others in the United States, but in all of them, the characters confront cultural and r...(Read More) |
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Take This
(July 2015)
A Novel
Steven Lewis - Author
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One man’s always humbling and sometimes humorous path to forgiveness and redemption.
Take This, a tight cinematic narrative, follows the journey of a recently divorced and dispirited sixty-year-old psychotherapist, Robert Tevis, traveling in a Winnebago from his former home in upstate New York, eventually ending up in Costa Rica.
“Oh, the complications of love, ma...(Read More) |
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Dancing with Diana
(June 2015)
A Novel
Jo Salas - Author
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A bright young man with cerebral palsy has his destiny intertwined with Princess Diana’s.
Visiting a school for disabled boys, the future Princess Diana singles out wheelchair-bound Alex to dance with—a five-minute encounter that colors the rest of his life, though quickly forgotten by her. Alex, a survivor of severe school bullying, thinks constantly of the tall girl with blue eyes—until one d...(Read More) |
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Spiridion
(May 2015)
George Sand - Author
Patricia J. F. Worth - Translator
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An abbot’s ghost searches for an intelligent monk to exhume his manuscript from a hellish crypt and learn the truth that monks lack two things: freedom of inquiry and benevolence.
Both Gothic and philosophical, Spiridion tells the story of a young novice, Angel, who finds himself cruelly ostracized by his monastic superiors and terrified by the ghostly visits of his monastery’s founder, the ab...(Read More) |
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Bricktop's Paris
(February 2015)
African American Women in Paris between the Two World Wars
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting - Author
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2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
LONGLISTED - 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award, presented by the American Library in Paris
Tells the fascinating story of African American women who traveled to France to seek freedom of expression.
During the Jazz Age, France became a place where an African American woman could realize...(Read More) |
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Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island
(November 2014)
And Other Previously Untranslated Gems
Colette - Author
Zack Rogow - Translator
Renée Morel - Translator
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A collection of Colette’s best writings that have never before appeared in English.
The French writer Colette (1873–1954) is best known in the United States for such classic novels as Gigi and Cheri, which were made into popular movies, but she was a prolific author. This meticulously translated collection offers some of her best fiction, personal essays, articles, and talks, all appea...(Read More) |
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The Glory and Other Stories
(September 2014)
Rosanne Weston - Author
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Eight intimate stories that speak to the spiritual question of what matters in life.
This collection of stories presents characters drawn with such depth and detail that you will swear you met them somewhere before. The self-described “old maid” who marries at 73. The high school principal who sees his orderly existence upended by a new colleague. The middle-aged, divorced woman who has a series of dre...(Read More) |
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The Truth and Legend of Lily Martindale
(April 2014)
An Adirondack Novel
Mary Sanders Shartle - Author
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2015 Adirondack Literary Award - Best Novel, presented by Adirondack Center for Writing
2015 People’s Choice Award, presented by Adirondack Center for Writing
SHORTLISTED: 2014 Editor’s Choice Prize in Fiction, presented by Foreword
GOLD MEDALIST - 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the U.S. North-East - Best Regional Fiction Ca...(Read More) |
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