Memoir marries social science in a profoundly helpful way. Deborah Serani combines her own history of childhood depression with her vast experience as a child psychologist to create an insightful and practical guidebook for parents of... Read More

Linda M. Herman wrote "Parents to the End" to fill a need. Although many books offer advice for parents of young children and teens, few focus on the relationship between adult children and their parents. Herman is a psychotherapist in... Read More

All good novels take on a life of their own, and "Other Life Forms" is no exception. The title could refer to new life that forms in the wake of emotional loss or to different kinds of life, be they virtual or actual. The story belabors... Read More

Reading dictionaries is a particular delight enjoyed by those who find words fascinating. It may sound silly to those not as enamored of language as logophiles, but this practice builds vocabulary as it aids the mind in acquiring more... Read More

By turns strange, moving, shocking, and illuminating, Paraíso Portátil offers an unflinching look at life for immigrants and their struggle to find better lives in America. In this bilingual collection of short stories and poems, the... Read More

Inspectors Box and Carl work as an efficient and effective team. No one in Los Angeles can match their record in tracking down and capturing fugitives. As Anthony Odom’s "The Alpha Rogue" starts, Box and Carl suspect nothing unusual... Read More

Nearly a century after the tragic sinking of the "Titanic", there remains a certain fascination and sense of disbelief that a horror of such magnitude could, and did, happen. Since the massive loss of life that cold April night in 1912,... Read More

“It seems as if I am feeling the pain that my mother my father my grandparents great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents felt” Milton Lee Norris writes. The ramifications of chattel slavery and institutionalized and intractable... Read More