Mystery stories for kids have changed dramatically in the last few decades. Characters like Encyclopedia Brown and The Boxcar Children have been replaced by wizards, vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Innocent sleuthing of creepy houses... Read More

It’s 1970, and eleven-year-old Jack Bucher just can’t win. All he really cares about in life is baseball, and his family’s upcoming move to Mexico is going to mess up his plans. To make matters worse, his best friend is killed in a... Read More

Steve Vining leads a charmed life. Physically fit and handsome enough to be the object of amorous attention from neighborhood housewives, he is a gifted research chemist by the time he reaches his early twenties. But everything changes... Read More

Spirited and beautiful, sixteen-year-old Lara Galian catches the eye of the wrong man in "A Place Far Away", Vahan Zanoyan’s gritty, thought-provoking novel. Zanoyan takes the reader from poverty-stricken villages in Armenia to Moscow... Read More

In the introduction to "Myths and Rhymes", poet William Poe encourages readers of his poetry collection to “allow the words to flow as much for their rhythm as for their meaning.” This is good advice to follow. The poems are clearly... Read More

After all the test-marketing and focus-grouping used by publishers, it’s rare that any book truly surprises the avid reader. Individual short stories are perhaps better able than most types of writing to break free from the bonds of... Read More

It is not uncommon for authors of leadership books to rely on metaphors in an attempt to set their works apart in a crowded category. Hubert Glover and coauthor John Curry manage to employ a unique metaphor here that is meaningful,... Read More

Renowned surrealist painter Rex Sexton is also a highly regarded writer, imbuing his fiction and poetry with the same startling vision and mastery he displays in his artwork. His newest novel, "Paper Moon", dazzles with words, just as... Read More