“Histories can help achieve a sense of identity when we know the background from which we come,” states Bryan Crawford, who became interested in his own family history in 1964 while he was working on a school assignment at the age of... Read More

During his three decades as a banker, stockbroker, and commercial insurance agent and auditor, Lee Rice met hundreds of business entrepreneurs. In his highly readable "Journeys of Entrepreneurs", he profiles sixteen of the most... Read More

In the late 1970s, Kathleen Suneja became a student activist against Soviet domination and oppression in her native India. During this dangerous and heady time, she learned a great deal about character development and spiritual... Read More

The city of Hong Kong was established in 1841. At the time it was known primarily for its bustling trade and sense of international connection and freedom. Tan Kheng Yeang, author of "Dark Days", is Malaysian by birth; he was a... Read More

Jerry Jewler celebrated his sixtieth birthday with a “lollapalooza of an evening,” only to awaken to “hell” the following morning. Hell wasn’t a hangover. It was an epic psychological attack and a tumble into a depressive state... Read More

As a collector, compiler, and cataloger of interesting facts concerning disasters both natural and man-made, Alvin JacQues deserves credit for the determination and diligence he demonstrates in his second volume in the Catastrophic Gumbo... Read More

New Orleans is like no other city in the United States. Therein lies a difficulty. Because of its singularity, the acceptable yardstick used on other cities cannot measure the Big Easy. Likewise, Catastrophic Gumbo, a memoir of Hurricane... Read More

With millions of people looking for jobs, the number of books addressing the search for employment has skyrocketed. Most of these books offer similar content, including résumé writing, social networking, and job interviews, but only a... Read More