Mobs have the collective knowledge and power to do anything, to be anything, to teach anything, to learn anything, and to solve anything. We cannot ignore this power forever. The force of it can change the world, if we set it free.... Read More

Writing about sex for the sake of sex is a literary art form attempted by many but mastered by few, as editor Rachel Kramer Bussel demonstrates in her latest erotic anthology. "Obsessed" is an unconventional collection of nineteen short... Read More

“Human females are not as easy to investigate as are rabbits,” complained Katherine McCormick, the philanthropist who funded the development of the contraceptive pill. She asked for a “cage of ovulating females to experiment... Read More

For twenty years, 1866-1886, the author rode the range as a buffalo hunter and cattle herder in Kansas and the Indian Territory that is now Oklahoma. In Cowboy’s Lament, Frank Maynard (1854-1926) vividly recaptures his years as a... Read More

"The Whites of Their Eyes" is a fascinating attempt to raise the level of US public policy debate. It is also a critique of the uses of history in politics and a brief, informative account of the ordinary people who lived at the time of... Read More

Eloik, whose father died when he was five and whose mother is in a coma, has psychological problems. “He was just a teenager who had spent the better part of his existence afraid of his own shadow,” the authors write. He is treated... Read More

A mother’s dying request rips her family apart in Linda Spear’s debut novel. “Find David!” orders the mother of Sarah, narrator of "I Know You by Heart". Naturally, Sarah, her dad, her husband, her sister Tessa, and her... Read More

People who adore their pets don’t always know how to take care of them properly. Overcrowded animal shelters and rescue centers testify to the frequency with which owners give up on their pets. Although they are the most popular choice... Read More