Breaking up with her partner, the enforced stillness of recovery after being hit by a car, and memories of a past sexual assault by a close friend brought Julie Peters into her own personal experience of being broken. Nothing, not her... Read More

Things of Absolute Importance is an amusing work from a provocative author determined to challenge his audience. This is not a self-help book. The author, Haim Shapira, makes that clear from the beginning. Instead,"Happiness and Other... Read More

This collection of practical advice will appeal to the widening circle of readers who want to be more active in raising, foraging, and hunting their own foods. "Living the Locavore Lifestyle", by Bruce and Elaine Ingram, provides a good... Read More

G. B. Trudeau shows why he’s been a fixture on the comic strip pages for over forty years. "The Weed Whisperer" is the newest collection of his Doonesbury strips. The title refers to longtime character Zonker’s plan to move to... Read More

The son of two Nazi concentration camp prisoners, John Guzlowski was born in a Displaced Persons camp and immigrated to Chicago with his little sister and Polish mother and father shortly after WWII. This devastating, one-of-a-kind... Read More

A mesmerizing account of the life of John Keats set against the background of spiritual pursuits. Part literary criticism and part memoir, this empathetic analysis of renowned poet John Keats probes the hidden nature of spirituality.... Read More

Science must be able to acknowledge things unseen, according to this well-reasoned philosophical work. Thoughtful and well-reasoned, "Beyond Matter" makes a case that philosophy is a crucial part of the scientific process. Science... Read More

With its engaging graphic novel-style illustrations and comprehensive details, this is an illuminating and balanced introduction to civil rights efforts. "Civil Rights for Beginners", part of the For Beginners series, is a thorough... Read More