Food webs that depend on whale corpses, meadow mice tripping on magic mushrooms, and a mother owl saving her poor, parasitized hatchling with a blind snake are but a few of the threads that the author, a molecular biologist at the... Read More

This compilation of Native American traditions and beliefs offers readers a glimpse into the lifestyle of some of the twentieth century’s most prominent tribes of First Americans—and their leaders. Because of the number of different... Read More

There is no record of where or when the first boat was built, according to the author. That question is somewhat irrelevant anyway, he points out, since different people in different places gradually developed watercraft, using trees,... Read More

After 9/11 the threat of global terrorism and its impact on business and economy became frighteningly clear, from stock market drops to effects on business operations and security. “Terrorists weaken industry and society,” writes the... Read More

Benjamin Franklin once said, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” This accurately sums up the message that Joan Borysenko presents in It’s Not the End... Read More

Now here’s a tale that couldn’t possibly get further away from classic themes. "The Big Kahn" is the story of a family that wakes up one morning and discovers that the man of the house, the Rabbi David Kahn, was not only lacking in... Read More

Tanguy Viel has been much praised in his native France, where "Beyond Suspicion" (New Press, 978-1-59558-156-3) was a bestseller. Its a lyrical, mesmeric story of KIDNAPPING AND BETRAYAL, more a long short story than a novel, and more of... Read More

Unassuming title, common-enough topic, and yet this remarkable project delivers so thoroughly we might momentarily forget Batali, Bastianich, Curti, and other legendary Italian authors. In Thirty Minute Pasta, Guiliano Hazan opens with... Read More