Ah, footnotes. Nothing endearing or sexy about them—unless you’re such a geek of letters, language, history, and research that you’ve developed a fetish for their unique supporting role. But the humble footnote also knows how to... Read More

Noiville’s novel is a sharp, taut thriller, both thought-provoking and terrifying. Florence Noiville’s "A Cage in Search of a Bird" is an engrossing psychological thriller that examines the emotional depths of obsession. The book is... Read More

In Erin Stalcup’s "And Yet It Moves", science, physics, and electricity (the reliably immutable phenomena that connect our universe) are the background for short stories of startling human disconnection and alienation. “Einstein”... Read More

The human dramas in Carousel reward the voyeur’s eye. A Brussels neighborhood is the site of a grand experiment in human connection, in Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s"The Carousel of Desire", an inventively gratifying libertine comedy of... Read More

Martin’s ambitious and well-researched work calls for the recognition of a new paradigm of interconnectedness in order to face global crises. In his complicated and challenging "One World Renaissance", Dr. Glen T. Martin discusses the... Read More

West’s book is the canary in the coal mine, as far as keeping democracy sustainable in the United States. If the strategy of the super wealthy to “get a senator,” as described by Darrell M. West in Billionaires: Reflections on the... Read More

Embarking on an adventure across the universe, a couple shares their experience of love with angels, aliens, and humans alike. "Antivion" by Richard Sills is the continuation of Surooval and Norma’s romantic love story from Lanethros,... Read More

This moving ode to the legacy of the author’s mother sheds new light on the trials of single parenthood and Alzheimer’s. Coming to terms with her mother Carmen’s death is only part of this beautifully crafted memoir, in which... Read More