“A woman’s work is never done.” It is an old saying, probably because it has always rung true, especially for women who are mothers. Dorothy Monroe’s essay collection, "Cobwebs on the Chandelier", could easily be subtitled “a... Read More

The book begins secretively, mysteriously, in the mountains of Pennsylvania. And like the lives of the characters it is about to describe, the opening scene is devoid of frills. No melodic dialogue, no gentle segues, just a bleak and... Read More

“Five minutes to liberation; four minutes to death,” writes Jafa Wallach in, Bitter Freedom: Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor. This shocking, terrifying statement catapults the reader into German-occupied Poland in December 1942, when... Read More

Pandora’s Box is like a frenetic train ride through old movies. It begins at the end of Rosemary’s Baby brushes shoulders with The Manchurian Candidate jogs past Marathon Man and turns back on itself in an unfunny Peggy Sue Got... Read More

With the passing of each generation we lose the personal accounts of lived history. It’s Not All About Me is author Elvio Del Monte’s attempt to document his own family’s past. Del Monte was born in Utica New York to an Italian... Read More

As the New Age movement flourished in the late twentieth century more and more religious seekers sought ways to incorporate psychological insights into religion. Many of them turned a cold eye on what they thought of as the literalism... Read More

When the World Is Too Much with Us Sooner or later it may occur to us to ask what the point of our life is. When we do it is often in a period where we are overwhelmed by sorrow disappointment or frustration. The array of possible... Read More

Humility is as contradictory to basic human nature as it is central to the pursuit of spirituality. According to this book, “The prideful soul can be successful-at all the things that ultimately do not matter. He will have no success... Read More