Prasad provides a clear, concise guide to writing Java code for web servers. Java Server Side Programming, by Mukesh Prasad, is a welcome addition to contemporary computer science literature. Prasad’s objective is to present an... Read More

These well-executed, surprising stories succeed best when fears gradually intensify, and when the cold, unsparing nature of the characters’ conditions bloom with frightful implications. Flaminia Ocampo returns with her latest... Read More

Did you hear the one about the joke book that was actually funny? "Happy Endings" is a book of jokes collected over the years by Gerald Downey. Written in short story form, this enjoyable paperback will leave readers snickering and... Read More

Full, realistic characters advance the themes of death and love in this meaningful story. In the novel "The Mourning After", Edward Fahey thoroughly and artfully explores his Irish family’s approach to death, as expressed in the... Read More

Full of energy, fun, and curiosity, this adventure is a sci-fi joyride. Star-faring humans return to Earth to find the planet threatened by a mysterious enemy in Adi Prasetyo’s science fiction thriller, "Earthrisers". An energetic... Read More

Roman’s formula allows for so much lovely variety in each book of this series that it hardly seems like a formula at all. Carole P. Roman has created a marvelous premise for her series of educational children’s books: young readers... Read More

The Russian mafia, drug lords, the FBI, Peru, and the wheeling-and-dealing energy biz: what more could you want from an international thriller? Jeremy Logan, in Don’t Go There, has written a fast-paced international thriller that gives... Read More

"Love Poems for Cannibals" is filled with beautiful contradictions—humorous at times, yet a deep sense of grieving permeates the collection. Raymond Keen’s debut book of poetry, "Love Poems for Cannibals", is akin to “experiencing... Read More