Before Les Quincy disappeared, he was a professional flagpole painter and a sexually profligate sailboat captain. The suspects in his disappearance, all shapely young women, served as his crew and took turns sharing his bed. If this... Read More

“A single green sprouting thing would restore me …”, writes Kenyon in winter, asserting that her life owes much to a rootedness in, and appreciation of, the natural world. A Hundred White Daffodils, edited by her husband, Donald... Read More

Audio Read by the authors and Jeffrey Hedquist If there’s one job in life that is practically guaranteed to arouse self doubt, it’s the job of parenting. Of course, there is no such thing as “the perfect parent,” but by giving... Read More

The highly acclaimed American sculptor and painter Baskin has teamed up again with author Michelson (whose gallery shows much of Baskin’s work) to produce another hit. A Book of Flies Real or Otherwise is a delightful mixture of... Read More

Sad circumstances are the essence of this book. There are fifteen first person stories drawn from interviews with teenagers of various nationalities living in the Netherlands, away from their families, due to one unfortunate circumstance... Read More

The feel of a small vacation village or quiet hideaway is what Loon Lake seems to be. This story talks of life, in what has been referred to, as a simpler time, with nothing to worry about but the weather forecast and the temperature of... Read More

Blinded at the age of eight in a schoolyard accident, Jacques Lusseyran (b. 1924) nevertheless managed to attend university and become a prominent teacher in his native France. A brilliant student, gifted with political courage and... Read More

“We have spoken of Shelley’s genius, and it is doubtless of a high order; but when we look at the purposes to which it is directed, and contemplate the infernal character of all its efforts, our souls revolt with tenfold horror at... Read More