In the conclusion to My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop, Emily St. John Mandel says, “Things happen in independent bookstores that don’t happen in the other places where we buy books.”... Read More

Jim Northrup is the most insightful and humorous person on the Fond du Lac reservation in northern Minnesota. And Fond du Lac is to Northrup what Lake Wobegon is to Garrison Keillor or Yoknapatawpha County was to William Faulkner. Fond... Read More

The publishing industry typically represents glitz as a function of metropolitan sophistication and Hollywood fame, yet in "Where the Heart Lives", Mara Purl strategically presents a glamorous alternative to big-city vibrancy. In the... Read More

As a sports biography, Dave Bing: A Life of Challenge, by Detroit sportswriter and columnist Drew Sharp, is well-researched and well- written. As the story of a black family living in the United States in the latter part of the twentieth... Read More

In order to save the one person she loves, a troubled teen must find the strength and courage to break an ancient curse. A plan to run away becomes infinitely more dangerous when Emma is kidnapped by a mountain recluse. Forced to trek... Read More

Life today is increasingly lived online, where one can read anything and participate in events, lectures, and seminars all without leaving home. Looking for a book club? 860,000 results come up when one Google’s “Skype Book Clubs,”... Read More

Increasingly, American businesses have turned to global markets for growth and profitability. One of the countries with the most business potential is China, but it has typically been a market restricted to only the largest corporations.... Read More

His bravery and chivalry in war would garner the admiration of even his enemies, but his strength of character and spirituality would extend that admiration to the whole world. The Emir Abd el-Kader rose to prominence in the 1830s as the... Read More