A book that uses subject material like Byzantine art and the writings of Christine de Pizan to launch an investigation into the way the mind works, and to get at the heart of thought before it can be analyzed would seem like a foolish,... Read More
In "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Cyrus K. Hui, a stolen treasure is being taken by force toward Switzerland and a secret Nazi hideout. From Beijing, Dr. Nima Ganpa leads an expedition into Tibet to find ancient clay tablets written... Read More
Kevin doesn’t get much sympathy for his strange symptoms, especially from his former girlfriend, Jane. What would you say if someone else told you they had a twitch and couldn’t do the shopping—you’d laugh and say it was... Read More
Despite its inauspicious, Bulwer-Lytton-esque opening line (“It was a stormy night when Emma MacDonald found herself walking home alone on a deserted footpath”), "Deadly Encounter" is a lively and entertaining murder mystery, and a... Read More
Christina Kilbourne’s "They Called Me Red" (Lobster Press, 978-1-897073-88-9) reveals what’s worse than a thirteen-year-old’s first job of washing gory slaughterhouse floors. When Devon’s father falls for Lily, a Vietnamese... Read More
To date, more Black women than ever before have gained and maintained managerial and entrepreneurial positions, warranting a book such as this one, the first in a series by the editors, who have extensive experience in corporate America.... Read More
Authentic voices of slavery are audible in this book: “After I was free I didn’t had no marster to ’pend on and I was hongry a heap of times. I belong to the ‘federate nation an always will belong to yall, but I recon it’s jes... Read More
The contemporary Christian church faces a challenge: it must present its tenets effectively, making clear the relevance of the Gospel to life in the twenty-first century. Answering this challenge, Christians are creating contemporary... Read More