“Any situation in life is better when experienced in formal attire.” This is the first of many statements that Tuxedo Bob has garnered from his father and taken quite literally to heart. Born to a mortician mother and the proprietor... Read More

The sight of an eagle inspires people all over the world. Eagles represent power, grace, and courage. So when an eagle flies into the life of an old woman, readers expect her to be impressed. They don’t expect her to try to change him.... Read More

This collection of essays is an intelligent, well-argued, funny, and deeply patriotic look at how America has changed since 9/11. Taking his cue from World War II propaganda, the author reminds listeners of the ways in which politicians... Read More

According to a recent study of 494 elementary aged children at Brown University, thirty-seven percent of them have problems sleeping. The children felt they were being pushed hard by their parents’ schedules, teachers’ expectations,... Read More

Welcome to Swinging London, circa 1720. A dyspeptic poet (Alexander Pope, in charming cameo) proves how appearances must indeed govern reality, for women now fit their amoral conduct to follow their dressmakers’ sumptuary, immodest... Read More

“I listen for the songs about secrets and promises,” writes the author in the person of twelve-year-old Travis. This book is full of secrets and promises and the strong flavor of the post-World War II South. Struggling to understand... Read More

For too long, the canon of Southern literary studies was almost exclusively white, while scholars examining the African American literary tradition virtually ignored the importance of regional geography. In her previous work,... Read More

Like the soldiers who fought, the cameramen and journalists of the NBC News Bureau in Saigon-the video grunts of the war-had to adapt to a new type of guerrilla war to survive. The author was only thirty-one when he was appointed Bureau... Read More