In his recent bestseller, Shadows in the Sun, ethnobiologist Wade Davis includes an unsettling theory from Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. Wilson asserts that this past century will be remembered not for its wars or technological... Read More

A snow-covered lake deep in the Alaskan bush rests dormant in the arctic twilight. For Hjalmar the Finn, another long day of trapping ends with a gruesome discovery. Frozen beneath the whiteness is his friend and partner, the Swede. An... Read More

The opening statement in Taylor’s latest work rings true: “Imaginary companions often get bad press.” Citing pop-culture extremes that portray them as demons or the only friends of children living in fantasy worlds, she also notes... Read More

Understanding the Role of Meaningful Coincidence in Your Life is the sub-title of this fascinating work. Carl Gustav Jung defined synchronicity as any apparent coincidence that inspires a sense of wonder and personal meaning or... Read More

Honestly, now, haven’t you mused at one time or another that the world would be a better place if only someone would invent a circular cycle with pedals for eight riders? Or a personal air purifier consisting of a helmet containing... Read More

Such a predicament Jane Austen created for her future biographers! When illness took her from this world at age forty-one, she left no husband, no children, no memoirs and no contemporary press coverage. Aside from her literary... Read More

Near the end of Isensee’s comprehensive examination of how gay men adapt best to midlife, the “pre” question is posed: How do you know you’ve arrived? Sassy but perceptive answers are proposed: “People call you ‘Sir’”;... Read More

Like other of the poets of the New York School of Poetry, Lewis? work exhibits an urban sense of place, self-conscious sophistication, a playful sense of linguistic wit and a flirtation with French Surrealism. Of these, his sense of... Read More