For all of its cynicism and humor, Please Don’t Tell Mum has something real to say about education. Think your school days were a nightmare? Well, let’s hear the other side of the story, from a teacher’s point of view. Narrator... Read More

Rulfo’s stories and sketches are absorbing and believable, classically exploring the coarse underbelly of small-town Mexico. Hard luck, cockfighting, and desperation run through Juan Rulfo’s The Golden Cockerel and Other Writings,... Read More

Forrester doesn’t gloss over the difficult parts of her life, but rather tells stories of how that adversity formed a stronger individual. In "Narrow River, Wide Sky", Jenny Forrester traces her journey from growing up in a trailer in... Read More

Collectively, these dark stories will not just give readers the chills, but have them looking over their shoulders with suspicion. Erik Hinrichsen paints the bleak, compelling landscape of a city and its inhabitants in his collection of... Read More

John Reda’s relatively succinct and pointed history of the white settlement of the Mississippi Valley challenges the oversimplified and convenient notion of Manifest Destiny. Before the American Revolution, before the crowded and... Read More

Its pages are sharpened by contrasts—between the dull nature of a regimented religious existence, and the colorful needs of a young girl. In a communal home in a quiet Indiana town, between four walls painted in wildly different... Read More

"There Is Still Time" intentionally raises discomforting questions about the state of humanity and the planet. Architect, author, and environmentalist Peter Seidel and Gary Gardner of the Worldwatch Institute bring an impassioned view to... Read More

As deftly organized as it is practical, this could well be one of the more pertinent, valuable resources available to small-business owners. "Best Business Practices" is not a traditional business book; rather, it is a uniquely formatted... Read More