Good food can be a powerful memory trigger: sometimes a single pungent whiff releases recollections of long nights of exam cramming, or with one or two garlicky bites one is instantly transported back to a crowded Italian trattoria.... Read More

The most onerous obstacle to achieving a retirement lifestyle above the level of cat food subsistence is the belief that debt is acceptable. Robert Lamoreaux, an experienced estate lawyer and financial planner knows what he’s up... Read More

Paula Sherman is a 24-year-old waitress and would-be singer with a college degree hardly the type to be vandalizing windshields all over Philadelphia. But her life takes a turn after she witnesses the senseless random shooting of her... Read More

Excited at accompanying her father to market day in Santa Maria, twelve-year-old Rosa’s happiness turns to disbelief and dismay when she discovers that the only flower her father will sell that day is Rosa herself. Hamilton, who died... Read More

The 2006 winner of the prestigious Iowa Short Fiction Award, this debut collection mines a neglected niche of literary territory—working-class Eastern Kentucky—in much the same way that Alice Munro explored rural Canada, with the... Read More

According to the author, etiquette serves a utilitarian purpose: “Failing to recognize how one can seize a competitive advantage by leveraging good manners and courtesy in the workplace can undermine our good efforts on the job.”... Read More

In 1861, passionate Confederate defender Loreta Janeta Velazquez disguised herself as a Lieutenant Harry T. Buford and showed up ready for combat at the First Battle of Manassas (known in the North as the First Battle of Bull Run).... Read More

In Japan, a phrase that means “wet leaves” is sometimes used to describe retired men: to their wives they seem passive, clinging, and hard to get rid of! The author of this rich, concise, and practical guide is retired from teaching... Read More