When preschooler Axel Gabe visits a hot air balloon festival, he meets a girl who has lost her teddy bear. As they search for the missing toy, Gabe and the girl meet up with other kids at the festival and learn some important lessons... Read More

Getting “R.E.A.L.” as a leader, according to author Dianne Durkin, results in an inviting workplace with engaged employees. This philosophy is what Durkin offers in her slim volume geared toward middle and upper-level managers. Her... Read More

There was something about the ancient relic that was strangely attractive to Martin. Leaning closer…to test the texture of the black stones, Martin sensed an odd tingling at the tips of his fingers. Then, suddenly, he experienced a... Read More

To support their families, postwar Sicilian immigrants fish the coastal waters of San Diego, casting their purse seines to catch bluefin tuna. They work to blend into their American communities, while trying to preserve traditions from... Read More

While many books on the conservation of art and historic objects address preservation methods for various materials (wood, metal, painted canvas), Barbara Appelbaum’s "Conservation Treatment Methodology" provides a valuable and... Read More

"Out of a Southern African Furnace" is a technical thriller, with an emphasis placed on the technical part. While author Dr. Thomas Bagot does not overuse technical jargon, much of the suspense of his book is procedural. Can a consulting... Read More

Dr. Selwyn J. Mills’s book The Dreams of Lucifer and Barack Obama is presented as a play but is not so much a dramatic piece as it is a political discourse. Divided into ten chapters, the play contains an important foreword, which aims... Read More

Mix family ties with war and world politics and the stage is set for the story of a loving family torn apart by divided loyalties. In 1888, Pedro Ortega of Spain and Wilhelm Hoffman of Germany forge a friendship that evolves into a... Read More