Set in Yorkshire, England, British author Adam Gontarek’s "Bolt Hole" begins quickly and tensely on a rain-drenched night. Grant Reid, a self-admitted sex addict, awaits his girlfriend Fay Crosswell for “a sexual encounter”... Read More

In his artful contribution to this compelling collection of essays, naturalist David Lukas asks, what should the role of a naturalist be? Is it enough to merely guide visitors, like tourists through the natural world, pointing out flora... Read More

Walking away from a Beijing hospital pharmacy, a middle-aged woman carried ten bulky bags, stuffed with the herbs she would give to her mother for her joint pains over the next ten days. During an interview with American students on a... Read More

Nobody really wins a war; victorious countries only lose a little bit less than the defeated. War itself is the only true conqueror, gulping down bodies and lives with ferocious appetite, rendering towns and villages bare, rubbled... Read More

“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.” —Henry James Author Jason Akley pushes against teetering fences that surround the simplified structure of the twenty-first-century novel, invoking the high drama of... Read More

Sex espionage penguins and tango feature in John F. Rooney’s fifth novel which deals with a life-changing trip to South America. The author lavishes as much detail on locations including Buenos Aires Santiago Montevideo Punta Arenas... Read More

Today’s technology is awe-inspiring. Our gadgets and doodads may be user-friendly, but the majority of us cannot explain or understand the science behind their functioning. We take their operation at face value: when we push a button,... Read More

Zaher Abed an Egyptian-American offers his personal account of life in America. He begins with the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and continues through the autumn of 2004. Abed’s “observations and reflections on the American Society”... Read More