“Trauma (is) a crucible for developing excellence … through which we turn life’s wounds into gifts.” Sustaining that positive note throughout, Gravitz offers a guidebook for the families of those suffering from... Read More

A nation’s public monuments are at bottom permanent and revealing political propaganda-witness the Statue of Liberty or the St. Louis Arch. Michalski, an art historian at the University of Braunschweig, Germany, powerfully demonstrates... Read More

“We grow old, not by living a certain number of chronological years, but by becoming idle in mind, body and purpose. We are told it’s time to grow old, and others expect it, and we defer and play our part.” Thus Harkness sets the... Read More

Here’s one book you can judge by its cover and title—they say it all. Thousands of decorating ideas include money-saving tips for repairing odds and ends (or junk) that one may have around the house that are under discard... Read More

In her debut novel, Labovitz presents an intriguingly complex mystery set deep in the hills of West Virginia among the secretive, suspicious people of a close-knit rural community Zoe Kergulin, a private investigator not without her own... Read More

I am an empty cask. Clean water floods my belly, the guts set gently back. says Penelope Kent van Princis Stout after the event that left her forever named the half-scalped woman. Scambly Schott has taken the historical life of a woman... Read More

As society changes, giving rise to new perspectives in the way our culture is being shaped, it’s not just the future that needs to be examined. For example, how would a feminist scholar look at the female subject of an 18th century... Read More

The title “Husband” is perhaps the most common title given among men. It may be that the very common nature of it explains why so many people today are hard pressed to give any kind of working definition for what a husband is, or... Read More