Everyone dreads certain conversations: talking to your girlfriend’s father about marrying her, explaining the birds and the bees to your children, and telling your parents that you think they need to consider senior housing and care.... Read More

Recent headlines have all but screamed for attention, announcing heartbreaking unemployment figures, stock market downfalls, and corporate bankruptcies. "Confidence Game" tells the story of one man who may have predicted it all. Some... Read More

Poets compare love with roses—but roses possess thorns. Writers often imply life always ends up all right—it doesn’t. "Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger", by Lee Smith, offers fourteen short stories about overcoming the... Read More

Ever since the tsunami, things have been getting stranger and stranger for reporter Shogo Kosaka. From the moment he meets teenage psychic Shinji Inamura in the storm and begins investigating a young boy’s death, a mysterious web of... Read More

What starts out as a grisly case of serial killing quickly turns personal for Li Yan, head of the Beijing serious crime squad. As the bodies pile up, clues prove nearly impossible to collect, and the clues that do surface seem... Read More

Our world is dying. Unsustainable environmental practices ruin natural resources. Our social systems destroy our souls. The rich and powerful leave the poor and underprivileged in pain. For these reasons and more, author Robert Jensen... Read More

As treasured keepsakes and fine works of craftsmanship, silhouettes played a significant role in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century life. In Silhouettes, Emma Rutherford explores the history, technique, and cultural significance of a... Read More

SATs, admissions forms, campus visits. The tasks necessary to secure acceptance into a good college sometimes feel overwhelming. "Fiske Countdown to College" relieves the pressure on parents and students through simple check-lists and... Read More