The mid-nineteenth century saw the rise of Spiritualism, a religion which taught that people could communicate and interact with spirits in the afterlife. Practitioners participated in activities such as séances and card readings to... Read More

Bad things happened in the former Yugoslavia after the collapse of the federation. "Payback for Revenge" turns over more than one rock on that war-wracked landscape, revealing foul beasts within its pages. The book begins by introducing... Read More

“The easy days of mailing a resume and getting a job in a week or two are long gone,” say the authors. This book captures the readers attention by explaining how job-seeking today is much more complex than it was twenty years ago.... Read More

Lovers of Shakespeare will note D. Julius Loeb’s use of “Rosenkrantz” and “Guildenstern” also the names of two minor characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet Prince of Denmark as the surnames of the protagonists in this his third... Read More

The United States Constitution is an imperfect document but it contains an impressive array of checks and balances. The rights of citizens are broadly guaranteed on paper but outrageously violated in typical practice. Sam Wright Jr. has... Read More

“The writer has to know what is in every nook and cranny of the story,” Theodore Sturgeon once said. “You don’t have to write it all down, but if you know what’s there, it’ll show.” Gerrold delves into the nooks and... Read More

Using the personal anecdotes and stories told by American women from all over the country about their relationships to guns, Homsher demolishes the high walls that divide the polarized anti-gun, pro-gun national debates, revealing a... Read More

During the first year of every new century, the ritual of the Mallard Hunt takes place in Oxford as a sort of homage to a duck found in an ancient drain in the fifteenth century. The point being, that what stands out most about Oxford is... Read More