“Was John Lennon a mean bastard? A foolish prankster? A musical tyrant?” These are a few of the provocative questions that the author asks and answers in this personal account of arguably the most famous, and certainly the most... Read More

Translation has been called “the art of the possible,” and this new collection of poetry demonstrates the spectrum of meaning implied by this phrase. By setting multiple versions of the same poem side by side, the editor allows... Read More

For author Anne Wright (writing under a pseudonym), sharing sex advice among the women in her family has become a tradition, a coming-of-age ritual passed down from grandmother to granddaughter for at least eight generations. Grandma’s... Read More

Keep sweet or you will go to hell. Never forget the core teaching. Perfect obedience produces perfect faith. So said the leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FDLS) to their women and children. But... Read More

Naughty Paris: A Ladys Guide to the Sexy City (Fleur de Lire Press, 978-2-9531870-0-7) provided Heather Stimmler-Hall with the opportunity to walk the same streets as Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, and Catherine Millet seeking out the... Read More

"Recollections of the War With Mexico" is a unique and intriguing slice of history. Written by Brevet Major John Henshaw (1815—1877) in the mid 1800s, it has been meticulously pieced together from original documents, diary entries,... Read More

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago,” says Edward O. Wilson. “If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into... Read More

Recent years have seen no shortage of books offering remedies for the perceived woes of the Islamic world. Most of these—at least the ones receiving attention in the West—focus on the need for Muslims to modernize and democratize or,... Read More