Things were different back then. There was a war on, and everyone in the US was deeply involved, from rationing daily foodstuffs to—if you were Japanese—being forcefully uprooted from your home to a filthy “relocation center,”... Read More

Move over, Indiana Jones. Gender rebel Anne Steelyard has a half-century head start in the race to prevent Germans from discovering the long-hidden secrets of the ancient world. The deadly power hidden within the lost City of... Read More

At the end of August 2011, Tropical Storm Irene left nearly 700,000 Massachusetts residents without power. Trees were downed. Subways sat idle. And the flooding of low-lying areas of the state meant a scattering of localized highway... Read More

If Only God Would Give Me a Sign! is a delightful, lighthearted personal-growth guide for those seeking answers to life’s unending dilemmas. With a laser-like wit and a depth of spirit, Linda Potter teaches us through her life’s many... Read More

Few of us have a choice in how we die. We can eat healthfully, exercise, appreciate the good days, and hope for the best. But Christine W. Hartmann’s mother, Irmgard Hartmann, decides to take matters into her own hands and carefully... Read More

The most urgent practical task of the philosopher, according to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, is a re-formulation and revision of the principles of comparative religion in order to “demonstrate the common metaphysical basis of all... Read More

Perhaps the only thing cuter than a chipmunk is a baby chipmunk. Kathy M. Miller’s Chippy Chipmunk: Babies in the Garden proves that assumption. After proud Papa Chippy waits one cycle of the moon for his babies to be born and another... Read More

The issue of immigration, particularly in America’s Southwest, has become so politicized and inflammatory that one often forgets it is an issue of human suffering, struggle, hope, and despair, of life and death. Melinda Palacio’s... Read More