“The word medicine among Northern Plains tribes applied to objects supposed to have magical influence or mysterious power,” writes LaDow. The medicine line is a 100-mile stretch of land in the Northwest, running along the... Read More

The search for the roots and legacies of America’s second Civil War—the 1960s—continues unabated in the many books investigating this tumultuous era. Writers such as Todd Gitlin in The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage and Terry... Read More

In 1975 Dave Thomas invented a revolutionary concept that boosted his Wendy’s fast-food chain to a $7 billion business. E-Business To Go refers to the Internet as “the new fast-food medium” and draws a parallel between the... Read More

“The Monster has struck again” became an expected headline in London’s racy newspapers during 1788?90, appearing over fifty times and filling the minds of respectable women with fear, expectation, or hope. Though the Monster was... Read More

“For some reason I chose travel as my stimulant of choice and catalyst of inner explorations,” writes Yeadon, who delves into both internal and external journeys. As alluded to in his subtitle (“Discover Your True Self Through... Read More

Currently, country music is synonymous in most people’s minds with Nashville. During its formative years, however, from the 1920s through the 1940s, the music flourished in towns and cities all over America. Talent sprang up everywhere... Read More

Chronic illness saps one’s strength, depletes one’s energy, and crushes one’s spirit. Or does it? The message in this book is that it need not do any of these things to the point of destroying the quality of life, if life and... Read More

“The year was 1959 and I was on my way to Capetown, South Africa, for an adventure that would change my life.” In the language of a tale told many years after the fact, Turner describes the outline of a 11,000 mile trip that took him... Read More