Edward Curry plays with reality and time in his first novel "Temple of the Two Jaguars". Motivated by this innovative idea Curry tells the tale through the eyes of narrator Ryan Keshaw a man who experiences dreams that may be clues to a... Read More

Despite the heap of travel memoirs and tourist guides that are published every year, intrepid travelers often find that the best way to get a deeper sense of a country is through its literature. Whether it’s well-loved classics or edgy... Read More

The sunflower speckles the landscapes of more than forty US states; it decorates our gardens; it appears across world literature; it has driven industrial competition; it has altered our diets. Joe Pappalardo engages readers in the... Read More

As a teenager, Jim Putman rebelled against his pastor father’s religious beliefs. He studied subjects in college that challenged the authenticity of Christian doctrine and decided that God didn’t exist. Instead of contradicting him,... Read More

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a mighty opponent for both women and men. The Princess and the PMS/The Prince and the PMS are two manuals presented in one bound book and packaged as a “PMS Emergency Kit” (complete with bonbons and a... Read More

Tens of millions of passenger pigeons would block the sun for days during their southward migrations in the early 1800s. By 1900 not one single passenger pigeon was left in the wild. The very last of them, Martha, died in the Cincinnati... Read More

“There is no genius that is not touched by Madness,” said Seneca as partial explanation — Joseph Epstein has narrowed the focus. Epstein, former editor of the American Scholar for twenty years and a contributor to the New Yorker,... Read More

Mental health has been summarized as the ability to both love and to work. Books about love and psychology are legion; here is one that fills a large gap on the other front. Miller, a psychologist and management consultant, has written... Read More