Mad poets. Gay men. Hilarious alcoholics … They all worked at Pickwick and would soon become my extended family. In this humorous and moving memoir, the author charts her journey from summer clerk at the legendary Pickwick Bookshop in... Read More

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously sounded this rallying call to individualism in his essay “Self-Reliance.” Emerson, along with... Read More

And now for something completely different … an in-your-face début roman noir (très noir). This multitalented author’s novel The Resurrection of Thomas Lear was a Faulkner Prize for Fiction semi-finalist; his Life and Times of the... Read More

The idea for the tour was hatched-over drinks during an all-night bender in “Smiley” Mike Corbett’s bar at Twelfth and Lyttle on Chicago’s East Side-by Charles Comiskey, the Chicago White Sox’s owner, and John McGraw, president... Read More

Witty and ironic, entertaining and simple to read, this book is a smart, useful text on how to effectively generate publicity and avoid the common pitfalls of working with the modern information culture. The author, who has worked as a... Read More

In her prologue, the author addresses her daughter: “I turned to writing because I had not liked the way I talked about the flow between my past and present… I had hoped that writing… might help me break my anxiety over getting the... Read More

The third Alix Thorssen mystery novel is set in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during the town’s annual winter festival. Forget about cowboys and gunfights. This Jackson Hole is a tourist town with artsy shops, skiers in Lycra tights, press... Read More

Detailed, accurate, and reverent, the essays of Zwinger invite us to wander the natural world, eyes opened in wonder. Whether following the loping movements of a morning cloak butterfly or gasping for breath after an end-over kayak flip... Read More