Historically, if you were looking for affordable beachfront property with a good view of a war, you could scarcely do better than a place on the Black Sea—bordered by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine, this region... Read More

Boys, Beasts & Men / Sam J. Miller / Tachyon Publications / Softcover $17.95 (330pp) / 978-1-61696-372-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / The line between figurative and literal beasts is blurred in the inventive... Read More

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Women too. And none of us can do much about it except shoo the wickedness back into the shadows when it emerges. No, we can’t control our thoughts, try as we might. In writing his... Read More

The land of inbetween, at times it’s all I know. Wracked by indecision, should I stay or should I go. And what lies at the heart of indecision: fear. With fifty years of experience as a psychotherapist, we’re joined this week by Davd... Read More

Flights of Fancy / Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution / Richard DawkinsJana Lenzova, illustrator / Apollo / Hardcover $29.95 (305pp) / 978-1-83893-785-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / A book about flying that... Read More

You’re not alone if you have relatives who occasionally cause you to cringe with embarassment, and if you could peek further back in your family tree you’d certainly find a slew more ne’er-do-wells. But don’t include your... Read More

Boy Meets Girl / Christie Hodgen / New Issues / Softcover $18.00 (492pp) / 978-1-936970-74-2 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / The intertwining of the personal and the political is at the heart of Christie Hodgen’s Boy... Read More

From the earliest days in nurseries and playgrounds as toddlers to the mischief of K–12 on into young adulthood, girls are subjected to a barrage of gender role messages, as well as quite overt resistance from boys and society about... Read More