Jerry Jewler celebrated his sixtieth birthday with a “lollapalooza of an evening,” only to awaken to “hell” the following morning. Hell wasn’t a hangover. It was an epic psychological attack and a tumble into a depressive state... Read More

As a collector, compiler, and cataloger of interesting facts concerning disasters both natural and man-made, Alvin JacQues deserves credit for the determination and diligence he demonstrates in his second volume in the Catastrophic Gumbo... Read More

New Orleans is like no other city in the United States. Therein lies a difficulty. Because of its singularity, the acceptable yardstick used on other cities cannot measure the Big Easy. Likewise, Catastrophic Gumbo, a memoir of Hurricane... Read More

With millions of people looking for jobs, the number of books addressing the search for employment has skyrocketed. Most of these books offer similar content, including résumé writing, social networking, and job interviews, but only a... Read More

Justin Ordonez’s debut novel, Sykosa Part 1: Junior Year, disproves the old saw that youth is wasted on the young. He adroitly delves into the minds and social lives of his titular sixteen-year-old protagonist and her peers, showing... Read More

The Who’s raucous We Won’t Get Fooled Again is a cynical song about the nature of revolution. When asked about it, guitarist Pete Townsend once said, “It is not precisely a song that decries revolution … but that revolution, like... Read More

Encompassing seven novels and eight movies, the Harry Potter series is full of potential for those who wish to use it as a springboard to another medium. "The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke and Riddle Book" attempts to tap into that... Read More

Even ninety years later, the 1920s still roar in the collective imagination of writers, readers, painters, and dreamers everywhere. It was a wild time when flappers and philanderers challenged taboos. The guns of the Great War were... Read More