Reinventing oneself becomes an imaginative feat in these arresting short stories. Tracy DeBrincat returns via her third book with portraits of distressed youth who seek change through hyperbolic, imaginative, or risky feats, and women in... Read More

In the language of Mussolini and his compatriots, often rich and absorbing, these documents open a window into world economic history. Economic Fascism: Primary Sources on Mussolini’s Crony Capitalism, edited by Carlo Celli, a... Read More

In Secular Humanism vs. Religion: Barack Obama The Champion of Humanism, Pastor Denzil T. Durbin decries secular humanism and makes an appeal for the United States to return to what he considers its religious roots. Writing with... Read More

Gilbert Gatore’s first novel, "The Past Ahead", is not a story about genocide. Though it’s centered around the horrific events that took place in Rwanda during the 1990s, it’s also not a novel about war. Gatore relies on his... Read More

The intensity of the narrative dies when Myrtle the kangaroo dies, but David Macfarlane resolutely soldiers on down his “wayward path to paradise” to the bittersweet conclusion in "My Wayward Path to Paradise". This attitude... Read More

There’s an annual cruise of friends aboard the yacht of famous author Halston Levy, whose series of “police precinct orgy novellas” have made a fortune. He has invited a coterie of published and aspiring writers to join him to sail... Read More

Some writers have a gift for creating cozy scenes and comfortable locales despite a larger context of unease and violence. In her new novel "An American Tune", Barbara Shoup accomplishes this: meticulously establishing pleasant,... Read More

Don’t read Giles Slade’s "The Big Disconnect" expecting a pithy, simple explanation of how technology is wreaking havoc on the world of interpersonal relationships. Do read "The Big Disconnect" for a scathing, in-depth scrutiny of... Read More