It’s amazing how a brutal sport can evoke such eloquent prose. Among the top-notch writers who have contributed novels and non-fiction assessments about the squared circle are A.J. Liebling, Joyce Carol Oates, and Norman Mailer. Add... Read More

This apocalyptic thriller weaves together the repercussions of human destructiveness with the advances of cutting-edge science to produce an eerie meditation about death’s widening gyre in a frighteningly modern world. When Josephine... Read More

The generations that came of age in the 1960s and 1970s had a wide variety of publications, both fan-based and professional, in which to follow the activities of their favorite musicians. Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, Creem, and Transoceanic... Read More

“The dog is no longer wagging the tail, the tail is wagging the dog,” writes Abby Ruby, author of In Sickness and In Health: Exercise Addiction in Endurance Athletics. Exercise addiction, she continues, is a condition in which... Read More

Gert’s Book of Knowledge opens with a wonderful attention grabber: “After Gert, I went back to men. Well, there was a brief stint with a beautiful hand cream model, but it was Gert who imbued me with interest.” In fact, P. J.... Read More

Writers who aspire to have their books published can become demoralized by the state of the publishing industry. It may seem next to impossible to get a “traditional” publisher interested in a manuscript. Even if the work does get... Read More

In 2009, retired zoologist Donald Williamson published a radical theory shocking the scientific world. His paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggested the dual stages of an insect’s life,... Read More

There is no shortage of business books that address “change.” In fact, it may be one of the hottest topics in the business book arena. While Brett Clay’s book is change-focused, it is unique in that the author focuses exclusively... Read More