The publication of a poet’s selected poems is often viewed as a life’s work summation. What better way to rebel against that notion than by releasing a new collection with a title suggesting nothing short of rebirth? "Next Life" is... Read More

The origins of Valentine’s Day are a curious and tangled mix of pagan holiday, Catholic martyrology, and romantic medieval lore. Even within the martyrologies, three Valentines exist. Who is the namesake of Chet Raymo’s sparkling... Read More

From Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors to the silver screen’s iconic corporate raider Gordon Gecko the masters of finance and industry have excused the human costs of business decisions as irrelevant. "Spiritual Capitalism" written by... Read More

Dick and Dee Dee were never big rock ‘n’ roll stars, never had a No. 1 hit in Billboard, but they came close. They flourished at a time when rock still glowed with a certain youthful innocence, back before gigantic corporate... Read More

While helping her sister find her toy on the shores of what the Europeans called Florida, Elanu-Y-Mara, or Mara, is captured by pirates and taken aboard a slaver called the Devil Ray. Furious yet frightened, Mara is aware of the danger... Read More

The best place to go on that ever-important first date should involve some element of excitement, the author says. She shares that bit of wisdom as part of fifty-eight techniques she’s designed to help the average person find their Mr.... Read More

“We do not attract what we want, but what we are”; the words of author James Allen might serve as an answer to the many who question why after having visualized, intended, and used many other tactics to attract desired results into... Read More

This fast-paced novel could be represented in paint glass and stone as one of the bright unconventional buildings created by late Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Just as the Viennese designer favored labyrinthine spirals... Read More