In the general silence of a Cistercian abbey, one might hope for the numinous to reveal itself—and so it does in John Slater’s poems. From the very first poem in this first collection, Slater, a Cistercian monk, promises that “here... Read More

Adventure storytelling at its best, Spy, Spy Again is a hilarious nonfiction romp into top-secret enemy territory from the safety of your armchair. According to this clever graphic novel, countless bungled espionage missions—across the... Read More

For ten years, watercolorist Mary Whyte painted the Gullah people, descendants of coastal Carolina slaves and members of a church community near her adopted home on Seabrook Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The result of that work... Read More

Nicholas Newsad’s book will be a welcome relief to anyone who has had to deal with medical bills, whether or not they have health insurance. In simple, easy-to-follow language, Newsad offers a no-nonsense overview of health insurance... Read More

In the 1930s, Claire Karssiens spent six years of her early girlhood in a tiny Florida backwater called Sweetgum Slough. This rural, isolated hamlet gives its name to her memoir, an exuberant and vividly depicted series of vignettes... Read More

“You empower yourself whenever you think ‘outside the box’ and choose to behave in a genuine way which best meets your own physical emotional and spiritual needs and accords with your personal values—your beliefs about what is... Read More

"Echelon" named for a global intelligence agency with links to the NSA and the British MI5 opens with narrator William Mansfield recounting in awe the rise and fall of voice technologies pioneer John Ingleton. The storytelling slant... Read More

This collection of eighteen very short stories are for the most part introspective reveries with a handful structured as new folktales suitable for campfire gatherings. The settings are presumably author Rosario’s native Dominican... Read More