One can imagine that, if every young adult would read a copy of "Enjoy Your Money!", there would be a lot more saving, a lot less spending, and fewer personal bankruptcies in American society. This book clearly targets a twenty-something... Read More

It’s perhaps too easy, in this day and age of omnipresent brain candy, to pass by a title like this one; it looks like work. The cover reminds that its author, Terrence Roberts, is one of the Little Rock Nine, nine courageous... Read More

Franke James was in the middle of a workout when it struck her: “Do the hardest thing first before you change your mind.” For James, this meant giving up her SUV, digging up the driveway, and planting a lot of green things in place... Read More

It shouldn’t surprise us, after watching kids with rooms full of expensive toys have the time of their lives playing in a cardboard box, that the simplest toys and games are often the best. In Dinosaurs on the Move, author Cathy... Read More

This collection of Mari Sandoz’s correspondence, introduced and edited by Kimberli A. Lee, is the closest most will come to sitting with the writer and historian, listening to her talk about that which mattered most to her: historical... Read More

“In order to like your exercise, it will be good to listen to your favorite music, partner up with your neighbors and coworkers, or watch TV while biking and doing sit-ups,” author Nancy Xia writes in her first book, Hell World... Read More

One of the joys of delving into a thick historical novel is the exposure to numerous period details, and in this book the author presents them in settings unfamiliar to many western readers: India in 1965 and 1856. Born in India and... Read More

In these times of buoyant unemployment figures and bookstore self-help aisles crammed with the woeful, it’s comforting to reflect that seemingly tranquil workplaces also have their share of neuroses. When the delusions, doubt, and... Read More