Richard Michael’s novel "New Terra and Beyond" has the techno-scholastic appeal of an Asimov Foundation adventure, with characters that exhibit the pioneer perseverance of L’Amour’s Sacketts. Emphasis on both family values and... Read More

It was remarkable to witness the election of Barack Obama as the first black president. It is equally remarkable to learn the story of Ann Stanford, a self-made black woman who rose up the ranks as a career civil servant in the federal... Read More

The old saw about not judging a book by its cover comes to mind when a reader picks up poet Eddie Morales’s spooky Count Edweird Lefang’s Rhymin’ Halloween and sees a cartoonish vampire, more reminiscent of Count Dracula than... Read More

Horse racing has charmed spectators for centuries. The flashing colors, the flying clods of dirt, the foamy sheen on the muscled bodies of horses who look like they’re enjoying themselves, and the thrill of victory make the fans in the... Read More

“He deserves a battle so glorious it will please Allah,” says the villain in crafting the manner in which he will take down the Ottoman warrior Asim, the hero of D.W. Smith’s thoroughly engrossing novel of assassins and intrigues... Read More

“I like the Navy,” proudly proclaims retired Admiral Harold Koenig in one of the fifty-two entries in Donald Johnson’s collection of tales, quips, poems, and oral histories by and about those who served in the fleet or its corps of... Read More

Families everywhere are entertained by backyard wildlife. In this picture book, Young, an amateur birdwatcher, shares the antics of the hummingbirds she has watched for years from her own back patio. This is the first in a planned series... Read More

In her first novel, Amelia Gray charts a man’s unraveling following the mysterious death of his wife. But such a simple description leaves out all the fantastic turns Gray has in store for her readers. One day David’s wife, Franny,... Read More