Jim Harrison reminds readers frequently of the scent of lilacs in "Returning to Earth"; it is the kind of small detail he deftly weaves into a narrative that addresses the very largest of human experiences. Donald is dying. He begins the... Read More

When notorious mob boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano was arrested on vice charges, his first thought was of the hit his “tough-guy” image would take. “Prostitution?” he lamented, “I’d rather be tried for murder.” Despite his... Read More

Between hybrid cars, organic cotton t-shirts, and energy efficient light bulbs, it’s clear the environment is increasingly on people’s minds—not least for those who design these eco-items. In this useful new book, Thorpe, a senior... Read More

Video games as an educational tool: a surprising phenomenon to the general populace, but a hot topic of conferences and literature in the pedagogy of technology. In Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games, DeMaria seeks to... Read More

Should the American foreign policy establishment be surprised to find the nation bogged down in a stubborn war in Iraq, despite the United States’ overwhelming military superiority? No, says Record, who in this pull-no-punches account... Read More

“I fear that the Gospel has been humiliated in our time,” Marsh writes. In this critique of the American evangelical movement, the author argues that the “self-serving and pious chatter” of Christians has compromised the... Read More

A terror attack brings many challenges, some obvious and others less apparent. Those first to arrive on the scene, ranging from police and fire units to medical personnel, must secure the area, provide first aid to seriously injured... Read More

The mostly brief prose poems that make up Jennifer Moxley’s fourth book of poetry locate themselves immediately in what must now, oddly, be described as the experimental tradition. The epigraph (untranslated) is from Rimbaud’s... Read More