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

The exciting, high-stakes world of advertising and the lifestyle of the affluent, single man meet in this debut novel by Robert Manni. This mouthful of a title tells the humorous story of Max Hallyday, a New York adman, and his rocky,... Read More

Justin Ordonez’s debut novel, Sykosa Part 1: Junior Year, disproves the old saw that youth is wasted on the young. He adroitly delves into the minds and social lives of his titular sixteen-year-old protagonist and her peers, showing... Read More

The Who’s raucous We Won’t Get Fooled Again is a cynical song about the nature of revolution. When asked about it, guitarist Pete Townsend once said, “It is not precisely a song that decries revolution … but that revolution, like... Read More

Van Wallach is a Texan-born, Baptist-raised, Jewish man on a quest for love. His slim memoir documents this journey with both humor and insight. Wallach, now in his fifties, has had a lifelong preoccupation with record-keeping and... Read More

Bingo, a gray cat, goes looking for adventure and ends up on a farm. While he embraces the chance to explore, he also experiences some trepidation as he encounters unfamiliar animals and objects. Appropriate for children in the early... Read More