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From the age of four, Carine Mapish suffered near-fatal sexual, emotional and physical abuse; radically changing how she grew up and perceived the world around her. Dreading a life of silence, Mapish took the bold and rare step of eventually confiding in her husband and younger brother – a move that acted as great therapy and the catalyst toward her new triumphant life. In her powerful new book, Mapish urges other victims to do the same and take their own stories public.

While most mystery and detective novels take readers into a world steeped with serious undertones and dark premise, author Stacy Verdick Case bucks the trend by infusing her murder mysteries with…well…humor! While unconventional, the formula has proven immensely successful and has seen over twenty-thousand fans flock to purchase the first two books in the Catherine O’Brien mystery series. In October of 2014, O’Brien returns with gusto to meet one family who has had more than a stroke of bad luck.

While nobody can deny the sheer boom in popularity of post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels, readers and critics alike are constantly crying out for unique material that doesn’t succumb to the simple ‘recycling’ of existing narratives. Thankfully, Scott M. Sullivan’s latest release is bucking the trend with gusto.

Though she prefers drama be confined to the pages of her novels, in real life Tess Nottebohm does battle with the many-headed beast—the mortgage industry, Wall Street, the judicial system, our government itself--that she believes ravaged our country’s economy, not to mention world-wide ill-effects. Having lost everything she and her artist husband had in The Great Recession of 2008, along with myriad American families, Nottebohm decided to embark on the daunting task of fighting back. Though for every head lobbed off the beast, two seem to grow in its place.

While the United States aspires to a truly democratic political arena, the nation’s true majority are silently suffering as left and right wing fanaticism has reached epidemic levels, and as special interests are swooping in to take advantage of the peoples’ disarray. While this ‘rational (or open-minded) middle’ sat by and witnessed the 2008 financial crisis and other calamities drive the nation into disrepair, a Florida trucker (of an exceptional background including being a first-generation immigrant and broadly liberally educated) is announcing a grassroots uprising that will make the nation great again.

While most autobiographies are released by world-renowned celebrities and dignitaries, it’s often the story of the ‘regular guy’ that makes millions sit up and listen. With sixty-two years of life’s ups and downs to recall, Hanley’s side-splitting and thought-provoking new memoir bares all in what can only be described as a unique fusion of whimsicality and social commentary.

While the public and media become more intrigued by the world of drag, most coverage only focuses on why people do it, or offers an ‘inside look’ into this highly-expressive world. However, a compelling new coffee table book by a Vancouver-based actor is breaking new ground by showcasing drag as art for the first time.

While the transition between the 1960s and the 1970s saw the United States re-establish its position as an unstoppable world leader, society back home struggled with painful change. The Vietnam draft lottery was turning lives inside-out daily, those already fighting endured deadly conditions while millions of youthful voices at home were only heard as incomprehensible noise by mainstream society. It was a time when the choice of hairstyle could become a life or death decision and religion could become a lucrative entrepreneurial enterprise. This rocky period is the backdrop of a time captured with vivid aplomb by author Jerry Cooper. It explores the internal and external struggles wrought by passion and love and war and social change – of a time when America writhed in combat with itself, so self-absorbed that it ignored the silver UFO’s quietly gliding above, which were the bold indicators of another reality that was invisible but simultaneously in plain sight.

While children’s books are a timeless staple of any upbringing, most achieve nothing more than giving readers a quick literary thrill. In an admirable attempt to leave a life-long impression on his young readers, author Dr. Eric Williams melds his new book’s adventurous narrative with a series of important life lessons.

While coming of age is somewhat innocent and care-free, children aged five to twelve are at a vital stage where life’s many social issues can impact their health and happiness. This problem is further compounded by children’s’ natural animosity toward being ‘preached’ to. In a ground-breaking new children’s book series, author Rolanda Russell strikes the perfect balance between story and salvation; equipping all young readers to fight these social issues with gusto.