"Sauce of Life" is a family saga set in 1930s British Malaya, where Lai Pek, a middle-aged Chinese businessman, leads a prosperous life with his wife and five children. Pleased with his hard-earned accomplishments and certain of his... Read More

Alex Caemmerer Jr., a practicing psychiatrist since the early 1950s, claims to be “addicted to writing letters to the editor of the New York Times” about things going on in the United States. While some of those letters—and some to... Read More

“America is like a son growing up and taking over the family business,” comments Martin Olson in his condensed history of the twentieth century. “As in all families where the son inherits the business, he has forgotten or perhaps... Read More

Indifferent and abusive foster families defined the childhood of Capri C. Cruz, but they did not keep her from serving in the United States Navy, becoming a mother, or getting a college education. Her inspirational message in "From... Read More

What George MacDonald Fraser and his Flashman character did for Victoria’s England, M. D. Eyre and his similarly cowardly, selfish, oversexed rogue, Tabnit Gisgo, does for Alexander the Great’s world empire. Written with tongue... Read More

In the earnest pages of "The Broken World", Matthew Ulland tells a heartbreaking, emotionally complex story with an assured, character-driven approach that is a gift to the thoughtful reader. The narrative is told through the perspective... Read More

Jason Lewis’s account of the first leg of his human-powered trip around the world, from London to Pueblo, Colorado, is filled with mishaps and faulty planning. On one pre-excursion photo-op—to show off the pedal-powered boat that... Read More

“When the last transit season occurred the intellectual world was awakening from the slumber of ages, and that wondrous scientific activity which has led to our present advanced knowledge was just beginning. What will be the state of... Read More