At best, historical fiction helps you experience a time and place with the seeming precision of memory or nostalgia. You may not have actually been there to see the events but the talented novelist offers a close second. In Marines of... Read More
Reviewer Peter Dabbene Interviews Ben Towle, Author of Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat / What, you thought we outlawed the military draft in this country? For humans maybe, but not if you’re a dog or dolphin, seagull or rat, and... Read More
The spiritual path contains a multitude of forks and branches along which to explore—it’s a very personal, intuitive, not-at-all predestined journey, and seekers come from all walks of life. In his own lifelong pursuit of personal... Read More
Kids are naturally tough and resilient, if we inspire them to be. Which is why many experts encourage parents to speak more candidly with their children about subjects often thought to be intellectually or emotionally off limits.... Read More
In this digital, 24/7 news-cycle world, the idea that for most of the twentieth century, printed newspapers were delivered to front doorsteps before sunrise by entrepreneurial teenagers on bikes is almost too Norman Rockwell-Americana to... Read More
You haven’t been paying attention if you didn’t notice audiobook sales have been on a roll—double-digit growth for eight years now, and that doesn’t include the pandemic year 2020 when preliminary figures show an even more... Read More
“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” Though this quote is attributed to Plato, it has held true across millennia as people turn to the art of poetry for comfort, for catharsis, and even as an act of resistance. Poetry sets... Read More
Every one of us comes from somewhere, like it or not, and most of us can’t help but be curious about our origins and ancestors. We want to know the whos, whens, and wheres of our story as far back in the mist of history as possible.... Read More