This exploratory powerhouse mixes perversion and purity in perfect symmetry. Mystically prescient, "Glory Hole", by Stephen Beachy, is a dark, witty romp through the recesses of creative, troubled minds. Set in 2006 San Francisco, the... Read More

Epstein’s erudite and tough yet fair criticism delivers analytical wisdom. Joseph Epstein’s essay “A Literary Education: On Being Well-Versed in Literature” drew more than the typical share of attention when it was first... Read More

Masterfully researched book offers enlightening insight into the often misunderstood religion and culture of the Amish. If people have any knowledge at all about the Amish, it is pretty much limited to a few basic images: a horse and... Read More

Journey (If Where You’re Going Isn’t Home) is the first book of Max Zimmer’s coming of age trilogy and serves as a solid foundation for what promises to be a superlative series of novels. Zimmer is an exceptionally talented writer... Read More

No two men captured the zeitgeist of Gilded Age America more than Mark Twain, the cultural icon, and Theodore Roosevelt, the political one, claims the author in this dual biography and narrative history of 1890-1910. Although this was... Read More

As voices from America’s different political camps vie for supremacy, explanations about why our society contains the imbalances and injustices that it does often rely on unspoken assumptions about the relationship between the self and... Read More

There is a plot to eradicate the United States of America a plot so devastating it makes 9/11 seem like a lab experiment. This plot is orchestrated by the mastermind behind it all Osama Bin Laden and it just happens to be two thousand... Read More