Here’s a tall tale of forest-dwelling creatures who groove on kitchen gardens embrace routine and eschew change. “It’s not that they didn’t enjoy the occasional adventure just as long as they didn’t make a habit of it.” Then... 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 exact details of the murders and the events leading up to... Read More

In "Shifty" (Tricycle Press, 978-1-58246-257-8), Lynn E. Hazen’s title character (call him Soli, please) is a pragmatically adaptable foster child of fifteen who roams San Francisco in his guardian’s van without a driver’s license.... Read More

Tricia Guild started UK-based Designers Guild in 1970. Since then, it has grown into a multimillion-dollar international home and lifestyle company. Taking inspiration from her world travels and her garden, Guild mixes large- and... Read More

Decoy is not quite the typical alien. While he is short, green, and completely incomprehensible by humans, he has no desire to attack Earth. Instead, he forms a symbiotic bond with Dolphin City’s rookie officer, Bobby Luck, and they... Read More

Few verbal assaults riled Harry S. Truman more than being called the “Senator from Pendergast,” a reference to Thomas Pendergast, Truman’s political mentor and corrupt boss of the Kansas City, Missouri, Democratic Party machine... Read More

The authors of two of Ecco Press’s 30-Minute Vegetarian series both have impressive credentials. Mridula Baljekar, author of the Indian cookbook, has written four cookbooks, hosts a British television show and was the editor of a... Read More