Here are some new books by local authors:

In Delicious Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth, Baltimorean Konya I. Lindsey offers standard recipes such as deep-dish apple pie and more unconventional choices such as Limoncello bars. Lindsey is the owner of SugarPlum Confections, a dessert caterer. (Xlibris/$32.99 (soft), $42.99 (hard)/96 pages)

In The Gwynns Falls: Baltimore Greenway to the Chesapeake Bay, W. Edward Orser provide a cultural history of the linear park, exploring such topics as industrialization and integration. Orser, the principal author, is a professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. (History Press/$21.99/160 pages)

The Secret of St. Nicholas by Ellen Nibali, is a picture book that tells the tale of an orphan, Nicholas, who tries to save three girls from slavery. Nibali is a horticultural consultant for the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service; she also writes a weekly gardening column for The Baltimore Sun. (Fairland/$16.95/32 pages)