The ability, the skill, the gift of speaking two or more languages is astounding to many of us with only one tongue rattling around in our heads. What’s it like to have a whole new vocabulary to describe the world, when every object... Read More

Scared Little Rabbits / A. V. Geiger / Sourcebooks Fire / Softcover $10.99 (368pp) / 978-1-4926-4828-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Characters obsessed with coding set A. V. Geiger’s suspenseful teen romance... Read More

Conflicting, confusing, and crazymaking—that’s how many people describe the diet and nutrition information put out by our government, the medical industry, and any number of expert authors. Is beef okay in moderation? How ‘bout... Read More

Stand Up! Be an Upstander and Make a Difference / Wendy L. Moss / Magination Press / Hardcover $14.99 (112pp) / 978-1-4338-2963-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Amazon / Psychologist Wendy L. Moss’s Stand Up! is designed to... Read More

Pablo Picasso is quoted as saying, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Many of us may recall answering the standard elementary school question of “What do you want to be when you grow... Read More

Renowned journalist and activist Sally Armstrong has done it again with her global examination of the place and progress of women, Power Shift: The Longest Revolution. Beginning with a brief overview of the history and foundation of... Read More

October 22, 2019 / Welcome to our annual post-show report from the floor of the 71st Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) held last week, October 14-18th. Highlights of the fair, from the fair, can be seen here. Part I: General Overview of the Fair... Read More

Whether or not you consider yourself religious, chances are you feel the strong conviction that you are unique and a certain destiny awaits you if you can only discover your calling. The catch, of course, is that it’s not so easy to... Read More