Among the picturesque national parks of the American Southwest, an ancient evil force is wreaking havoc. Slaughtered ravens and a possessed bear are only the beginning of this clever adventure by William Hill. After a spiritual moment of... Read More

Somewhere between art and science, cheesemaking is not for the faint of heart. Caldwell begins her guide to the enterprise with a great deal of science. An extremely nuanced process becomes friendly through the author’s cheery advice... Read More

Though he chooses to remain anonymous, credited as simply “An Indian,” the author of "India Was One" has obviously drawn much from his personal experience to flavor his novel. By the time they reach its conclusion, many readers will... Read More

Kosher cuisine has a reputation for being too heavy, too salty, too meaty, and having too many unhealthy ingredients. While that may have been true in your bubbe’s (grandmother’s) generation, things have taken a turn for the better... Read More

“I have been watching your country … and have to admit that in many respects you are perfect … What a person of culture cannot endure is that you live without heart, without the salt and sense of life.” So complains Gulliver,... Read More

Journalist places readers directly in Vietnam in fictionalized story of a woman covering the war. The Vietnam War attracted journalists with determination and guts, yet rarely were women audacious enough to pursue this dangerous,... Read More

The literal translation of the Japanese word banzai is “ten thousand years.” But the Japanese use it like the French use vive or the English “long live.” To think that the Japanese in 1934, amid crumbling relations with America,... Read More

Death, at the grim hand of cancer, mines a person of the body he or she spent a lifetime in. It devours, destroys, and erodes everything. Its changes move too slowly to be seen daily, but over weeks and months, family and friends are... Read More