Kids are naturally tough and resilient, if we inspire them to be. Which is why many experts encourage parents to speak more candidly with their children about subjects often thought to be intellectually or emotionally off limits.... Read More

Let’s skip the intro niceties and jump right to a passage from Meg Nola’sForewordreview to best understand a remarkable criminal justice event that happened in Baltimore soon after the American Civil War: “Historian Gordon H.... Read More

The Woman Who Raised the Buddha / The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati / Wendy Garling / Shambhala Publications / Softcover $18.95 (272pp) / 978-1-61180-669-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Wendy Garling’s The... Read More

Amazon’s recent efforts to discourage warehouse workers from joining a union in Bessemer, Alabama, has sparked renewed interest in this country’s many battles between powerful corporations and their blue-collar workforce. Alas, with... Read More

If you’re a comics fan, these are the names of legend: Avengers, Conan the Barbarian, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Machine Man, Nick Fury, Savage Sword of Conan, Uncanny X-Men, and graphic novel lovers will surely know... Read More

The Believer / Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack / Ralph Blumenthal / High Road Books / Hardcover $29.95 (352pp) / 978-0-8263-6231-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / The Believer is the... Read More

Traverse City, MI, March 12, 2021—As part of its mission to discover, review, and share the best books from university and independent publishers, Foreword Reviews is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 INDIES Book of the... Read More

To be a woman is to recognize the heavily male-centered annals of history as the original fake news. In their disregard and erasure of women’s lives, stories, and accomplishments, male historians have long perpetuated a wicked,... Read More