Within the first few paragraphs of each of the author’s short stories, a character will emerge that makes the reader either yearn for the tale to be longer or smile in recognition of a friend, family member or even one’s self. Such... Read More

Aficionados of French history and of historic figures and the French Revolution in particular, will welcome this intriguing look at one of the most famous, or infamous, figures of that time: Marie-Antoinette. Director of Research at the... Read More

Writing with clarity and simplicity, Burgett takes his readers into the battlefields with him and his closest companions during the entire division’s campaign to keep Bastogne, Belgium out of Nazi Germany’s hands. From the time the... Read More

Kurt Vonnegut once said that everything he had written could be neatly boiled down to a single sentence. After a broad confession like that, a person might respond: Why bother reading the rest of it? Not until the last fifth of the book... Read More

A surprising look at something most people take for granted, Talk Is Not Cheap discusses interpersonal communication. There’s nothing cliché about this book on improving one’s personal communication skills—there is so much yet to... Read More

Mothers have earned the right to be insane. A needed mother is more important than a well-read one. Mothers of young children are allowed to post signs on their doors warning “we nap here, disturb at your own risk.” So trumpet... Read More

With similar timeless presence (in terms of location, if nothing else) the stark figures which haunt the cave of Lascaux and the secure pastels of countless hotel walls share an unlikely address: both are, by definition, paintings.... Read More

Holy Cow! Harry Caray fans will love this one! Stone has packed his book with humorous anecdotes, some of them knee-slapping funny, as he recounts his fifteen years at the microphone with baseball’s most beloved broadcaster. Former... Read More