"Dracula" is not the first story about a vampire, but it is arguably the most famous and it is certainly the foundation for the popularity of vampires today. Adaptations and re-imaginings of the story are numerous, but most do not... Read More

The “problem” with novellas that take just over an hour to read is that, if the author has done a stellar job, it may take twice as long for a reader to adequately describe the experience. Swimmer in the Secret Sea is such a book;... Read More

“There’s no duty like it. There’s nothing in this world like it,” the protagonist of "Knife Song Korea" hears of his assignment—a surgeon in an Army artillery unit during the Korean War. There’s nothing quite like this book... Read More

Haunting and cryptic, Josie Sigler’s debut collection of linked poems reads like a lyric accounting of violence. Comprised of shapely, often coupleted lines, this book is like one long feral female howl. Her poems are the sound words... Read More

Haunting. Disturbing. Very nearly true. "A Jew Must Die", by Jacques Chessex, is a fictionalized account of the horrific murder of Arthur Bloch, a Jewish livestock dealer in the Swiss village of Payerne. When Bloch is coaxed from Market... Read More

The basic premise of "The Legacy" is deceptively simple: Chas Brown, a struggling graphic novelist, is the heir apparent to Simple Pleasures, the single most popular comic strip in the world. There’s only one small problem. Chas hates... Read More

"Motion Leadership" proves the old adage that good things come in small packages. A mere 85 pages and nine short chapters, Michael Fullan’s latest book is tightly packed with wise advice and illustrated by relevant examples.... Read More

Author, scientist, and grandparent Eric P. Grimsrud includes himself among those who feel they may not have done enough during their lifetimes to address the problem of global warming, and instead may have actually contributed to it.... Read More