In Alonzo L. Llorens’s novel, a group of powerful African Americans known as the Mirror may be rigging a United States presidential contest in order to elect an African... Read More

“I don’t know about you sometimes. You have gotten very hard,” Rosa Schmidt tells her daughter Helen when an American Army officer wants to rent the family’s cottage,... Read More

What is a middle schooler? A human being who is “swinging between childhood and adulthood…dealing with a rapidly changing body…dealing with new massive amounts of... Read More

Shawn Sher’s book is worthwhile for two reasons: first, it really does include 102 insights about an employee’s rights at work (plus the outcomes of twenty-two relevant... Read More

When preschooler Axel Gabe visits a hot air balloon festival, he meets a girl who has lost her teddy bear. As they search for the missing toy, Gabe and the girl meet up with... Read More

Getting “R.E.A.L.” as a leader, according to author Dianne Durkin, results in an inviting workplace with engaged employees. This philosophy is what Durkin offers in her slim... Read More

There was something about the ancient relic that was strangely attractive to Martin. Leaning closer…to test the texture of the black stones, Martin sensed an odd tingling at... Read More

To support their families, postwar Sicilian immigrants fish the coastal waters of San Diego, casting their purse seines to catch bluefin tuna. They work to blend into their... Read More

While many books on the conservation of art and historic objects address preservation methods for various materials (wood, metal, painted canvas), Barbara Appelbaum’s... Read More

Dr. Selwyn J. Mills’s book The Dreams of Lucifer and Barack Obama is presented as a play but is not so much a dramatic piece as it is a political discourse. Divided into ten... Read More

Mix family ties with war and world politics and the stage is set for the story of a loving family torn apart by divided loyalties. In 1888, Pedro Ortega of Spain and Wilhelm... Read More

The divide between free speech and hate speech is as uncomfortable to define as it is to discuss. When broached in casual conversation, passionate reactions often supplant a... Read More