Directionless, somewhat cynical young man experiences the horrors of Vietnam. Survives, but is wounded in body and spirit. Comes home more cynical. Struggles to make sense of what happened and rebuild his life. Not exactly an original... Read More

During a typical day, Campbell’s characters are killed by circus tigers, transform themselves into gorillas and excavate their amputated limbs from burial plots. Clearly, this is not your typical short story collection. In “The... Read More

Again I conjure up/A brighter dream/And watch these embers/ Slowly ash and frost… Holden grew up during the Depression on the isolated peninsula of Maryland known as the Eastern Shore. It was a place where black poverty and... Read More

Faith at work. This may describe how Tessler survived the atrocities of the Holocaust and then more than fifty years later wrote about it in his book. Letter to My Children is a book that recounts his life before, during and after World... Read More

With biographical narration and liberal quoting from Twain’s complete writings, Emerson, in essence, co-authors with Samuel Clemens to create this all at once engaging and purified life story. This strategic partnership between... Read More

The Internet has given the individual investor access to information that had been previously monopolized by Wall Street. Arising from this information revolution is a new breed of individual trader that is well-informed and independent.... Read More

Arguably one of the most famous dolls in history, yarn-haired Raggedy Ann has been around for forty years longer than the overly fashion-conscious Barbie. When the Malibu princess debuted in the late 1950s, eventually becoming the... Read More

The following accusation appears in the introduction: “We are, despite being awash in information, just as prey to misinformation, half-truths, gratifying superstitions, pleasing myths, and outright lies as any seventeenth-century... Read More