The author affirms that the term “moral capitalism” signifies something possible and real. He holds that capitalism springs from natural instincts to own and control property. When businesses act using concepts similar to the notion... Read More

Like Kafka’s The Trial or Beckett’s Waiting For Godot, this novel is a deceptively straightforward puzzler that yields no certain solution. Smith, the single-name protagonist, is so ordinary in behavior and aspirations that it only... Read More

It is London, England in 1811. Society is enormously class-conscious: the roles of men, women, and various class strata are clearly delineated. Society is so strictly layered that some people-women especially-can be punished or... Read More

“I’m lying a little: that goes without saying.” Nabile Fares, unabashed and undeterred admits his tactics in an essay entitled “The Memory of Others.” He proceeds with his story, as each of the authors in this collection must,... Read More

The famous wild-foods writer Euell Gibbons may have stalked the wild asparagus, but now comes Robert K. Henderson to stalk not only wild greens and nuts but domesticated day lilies and Japanese maples, too. Henderson has written what may... 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

Did you hear about the two cowboys who one hot dusty day decided to take a forbidden dip in one of the water tanks on the ranch they worked at? A couple of their cohorts thought they’d be funny and steal their clothes… That was just... Read More

Here’s one book you can judge by its cover and title—they say it all. Thousands of decorating ideas include money-saving tips for repairing odds and ends (or junk) that one may have around the house that are under discard... Read More