September 11, 2001, changed the United States forever. Terrorism became a much larger and more realistic fear, and many people began to look to the government for reassurance and protection. From this tragedy came the Department of... Read More

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in 2009, nearly fifty-two percent of Americans aged twelve and older had used alcohol at least once in the thirty days prior to being surveyed. Considering the enormity and the... Read More

The lackluster world of Will Thomas, attorney and video game avatar “Dick Savage,” is complicated when he is retained by primatologist Emily Bennett, who is facing charges of “felony theft and conspiracy” for abducting/rescuing... Read More

Using relatively simple tools, Ken Duncan creates complex images that require exploration. The very nature of his chosen medium, the panoramic photograph, encompasses more in one frame than can normally be seen with our eyes. The viewer... Read More

When it comes to investing, readers can choose from a myriad of books that address investment strategies and investment vehicles. For the most part, every book about investing deals with the ins and outs of the financial marketplace and... Read More

Sheldon Greene’s "Pursuit of Happiness" is a rousing, richly detailed piece of historical fiction set during the American Revolution. Equal parts adventure and romance, and teeming with colorful characters, the novel tells the story of... Read More

And so the war came! Bruno Temperoni was in his mid fifties when he wrote those words in a preface to the publication of a diary he kept as a callow twenty-year-old sailor, in the Italian Royal Navy, during World War II. The exclamation... Read More

Curious about the workings of your brain but can’t deal with neuro-terminology—dendrites, axons, synapses, and such? Terry Radford’s "Between Our Ears" compares the structure of the mind to a computer software system, using a... Read More