Editor Pick: Books

A class' look into the history of Santa Cruz reveals a legendary curse bestowed upon the beautiful land.

If you’re ever wondering which of the thousands of novels about Sherlock Holmes you should pick up once you’ve finished the original sixty stories, this one is a good bet.

What if someone was born with an IQ of an unheard-of level of 550? And what if as a baby he was tossed in a trash can?

If you enjoy music and dance, and are intrigued by people and their behaviors you will find this work to be immensely satisfying.

Throughout the story there is a beauty and humor, a ‘candle in the wind’ for each of those whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Two reprints of E. Phillips Oppenheim early spy novels are a study in contrasts.

Hayes has given readers a rousing thriller combined with an ecological sermon.

An inside look at North Korea from a favorite poet of Kim Jung-Il and government propagandist.

The Kills is not what you’d call a casual page turner.

In his new memoir, The bassist for the Lovin' Spoonful remembers the glory days and the afterlife of a pop star as a drug smuggler.