That’s great it starts with an earthquake / birds and snakes an aeroplane / and Lenny Bruce is not afraid. —REM - It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)... Read More

In 1918 the czar of Russia his wife and their five children were gunned down in a basement room of an old country estate where they were being held in exile. Yet even today the... Read More

Perverted Slinkys an ode to Paris Hilton’s cell phone and a poet’s relationship with his pens and pencils are just some of the jokes and jibes that make up Paul Kokkinis’... Read More

Adventure sex power drama and the whole gamut of human emotions — has Hollywood ever fully exploited the richness of Greek mythology? N.F. Houck a nonfiction book editor and a... Read More

The next best thing to being able to travel to another country is to read a book that describes it so well that pictures come to mind. It isn’t necessary to be a fan of the... Read More

Some animals survive in nonnative habitats adapting well when climate and food sources prove favorable. The preteen novel Marvin’s Mysteries tells the story of an exotic... Read More

Why do people write children’s books? It’s a question we often ask in these offices as so many picture books come through our door without any clear idea of an audience.... Read More

The legendary Koropokkurs are a race of shy small and helpful people who appear repeatedly in Japanese folklore. Although the details of their disappearance differ from story to... Read More

Cancer kills hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. every year and every death is a tragedy. If tragedy is quantifiable Laura Moutray’s death might be considered one of... Read More

Read this book with a purring cat on your lap; if you don’t own a cat adopt one immediately! As Papa Joe says in this lush novel’s beginning “people who don’t talk to... Read More

As a mother and grandmother with a doctorate in education and a master’s in counselling Ruth Truman is eminently qualified to write about campus life. The author also has... Read More

An intrepid Smurfette journeys solo beyond talking trees into Helm’s Deep where the good wizard and the diabolical warlock are destined to clash… Oops no those are pieces of... Read More