"Maximum Volume" has enormous appeal for Beatles fans, record collectors, social historians, music wonks, and indeed, anyone with ears. Kenneth Womack’s "Maximum Volume" is a... Read More

Stanfa-Stanley’s zany exploits serve as a reminder of how rewarding it is to push your self-imposed limitations. Major midlife changes often drive folks to new hobbies,... Read More

This entertaining study reveals a public fascinated with the unverifiable. Even for those who don’t believe the hokum, aliens and UFOs are a source of fascination—explored... Read More

Morrow savagely satirizes geopolitics and war-mongering elites in this linguistically playful comic fantasy. World Fantasy Award winner James Morrow’s latest novel is a... Read More

This gripping multiple-murder mystery is overlaid with tremendous atmosphere and action. You might think Coleridge Taylor is the star of Rich Zahradnik’s "Lights Out Summer",... Read More

Gilchrist’s ideas deserve further exploration by others in the research community. Alan Gilchrist’s "The Foetal Circulation" is a revision of his earlier works on the... Read More

If you are new to the kitchen or to a gluten-free, vegan, or vegetarian diet, Heather Crosby can be your culinary guru. The YumUniverse blogger beat her own path to wellness... Read More

It’s a zig-zag journey with author Bill Esparza, redolent of chiles, citrus, and freshly made tortillas, to sample the dazzling varieties of Mexican-American cooking through... Read More

For those who have been stymied in the past trying to follow a low-carb diet, Quick Keto Meals may motivate them to try again with its bounty of colorful, flavorful recipes. The... Read More

The wave of interest in artisanal and fermented foods has made locally crafted cheeses, beers, and pickles a hot commodity at restaurants and farmers markets. Now preserved... Read More

When Annemarie Ahearn was a teenager, she was dismayed by her parents’ decision to relocate from Wisconsin to build a house on a boggy former sheep farm on the Maine coast.... Read More

Fermentation is an ancient method of preserving the harvest that has undergone a revival as a tasty way to receive the health benefits of probiotic cultures and enzymes. But the... Read More