Although many smokers say that they want to quit, they might lack the motivation to actually do it. Smokers who have quit can cite specific reasons why they were successful. Jack Klugman, the well-known actor, explains this well in the... Read More

Deborah Liggan’s Taking Care of Our Folks is a medical manual for the African American community, a timely book in light of the nation’s aging population and today’s crisis in heath care. Armed with the detailed medical information... Read More

Too many fine musicians fail to achieve their dreams of becoming professionals. The problem is not their skill level. Their shortcomings include inadequate self-promotion, a lack of supportive audiences sufficient to sustain an income... Read More

Some friendships survive beyond the final gruesome fight. Some last beyond the grave. Cathie Beck had that kind of friendship with Denise Katz, an artist she met when she formed a women’s group in an attempt to alleviate her... Read More

First the good news: Evelyn Waugh Anthony Hope and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard are alive and well and living in the mind of Adam Dumphy. Sweet silly light as champagne bubbles sparkling with mischief or its companion... Read More

Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate, the second book in a popular young adult series written by Adrienne Kress, has everything a youth could want in a novel: ninja, pirates, evil old ladies, dragons, treasure hunters, crazy taxi drivers,... Read More

There were always ghosts, she thought, and they were even more poignant at this time of year: souls, wandering at night over the cobblestones, flitting through the dark paved courtyards, leaving exhalations of the past behind them. In an... Read More

Few journalists observed more closely the dark side of American politics than this author. He remembers first-hand Jacqueline Kennedy’s grace following the murder of her husband; he was only a few feet away from Gerald Ford when an... Read More